Gordian Capital, an alternative fund platform provider, has established a representative office in Shanghai to support its mainland Chinese clients.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has hired the former head of Asia for Standard Life Investments as its head of Asia Pacific excluding Japan.

The twin forces of urbanisation and industry consolidation have made China’s large property developers increasingly attractive to bond investors.

Assisted by private banks, rich Thais have always found ways to move their money offshore. The rest of the nation – those with thousands, not billions to invest – used to buy funds from Thai banks that invested almost solely in Thai assets, largely bonds.

Low interest rates, a relaxing regulatory environment and steady economic growth are pushing affluent investors to funnel cash into Thailand’s fund industry. Indrajit Basu reports.