T. Rowe Price’s senior investment leaders say they have a cautiously positive outlook on global economies and financial markets heading into the second half of the year.
Hong Kong-based insurer FWD Group has struck a $3 billion deal to acquire SCB Life Assurance from Thailand’s largest lender, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB).
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, GIC, and Canadian asset manager, Brookfield, have struck a deal to acquire freight railroad operator, Genesee & Wyoming Inc (G&W) in an $8.4 billion deal.
Allfunds, a fund distribution platform with a Singapore office, has acquired the research business of Zurich-based fundinfo to expand its fund selection service and increase data analytics.
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) sees scope for moderate global economic growth over the medium-term thanks in part to an accommodative policy stance from the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the firm said in its 2019 mid-year global market outlook.
UK-based Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is stepping up pressure on companies to address climate change, following the release of its second annual ranking of climate change “leaders and laggards”.
Companies listed in the UK can now sell shares in mainland China due to closer co-operation between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and its Shanghai counterpart.
LaSalle Investment Management (LaSalle) has begun work on five logistics developments projects in various cities throughout China.
UBS has agreed a strategic partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust as the Swiss bank looks to tap into Japan’s wealth management market.
Aegon Asset Management has taken its first steps towards setting up a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) in China’s free trade zone after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Shanghai Lujiazui Administration Bureau.
As the US-China trade war ramps up with a hike in levies, Tai Hui, chief market strategist for Asia-Pacific at JP Morgan Asset Management, tells Romil Patel where he identifies investment value.
Peng Fei, chief investment officer at Wanwei Asset Management, tells Romil Patel about allocating capital across risk factors when asset performance is uncertain and unpredictable.
Our panel of experts discusses driving higher ESG asset allocation in Asia, growing calls to address the global climate crisis and the importance of governance. Chaired by Romil Patel in Hong Kong.
Our panel discussed why the Singapore Variable Capital Company makes them bullish, what gives the onshore jurisdiction an offshore feel and “blood on the streets” from China’s slowdown. Chaired by Romil Patel in Singapore.
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May 2019
Jersey Report 2019