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MetLife awards $11bn custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... will provide a suite of global and domestic custody services covering the US insurer's business in Australia, Hong Kong and Korea. "HSBC is delighted to extend its broader banking and custody relationship with MetLife in Asia. We are committed to providing ...

Global wealth manager champions embattled digital currencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
One of the world's largest independent wealth management firms will introduce a cryptocurrency app, despite recent price slumps and having labelled it "a major gamble". deVere Group announced the launch of deVere Crypto which will allow users to store ...

Offshore investment vehicles await passport arrival

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... legislation read Australia would be able to export its management products to participating countries, which include Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand with "limited additional regulatory requirements." As a subset of the framework, a company can ...

Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... the West." "In our view, Asia's attractions for investors remain as strong as ever," Platinum said. Three markets - China, Korea and India - were highlighted as performance drivers over 2017, and the industry sectors which delivered positive contributions ...

IFM Investors expands in Korea, appoints client director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
IFM Investors has opened a new office in Seoul and appointed a client relationship director. The Seoul office will be led by Kelly Ki Jeong Lee. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury said he was "pleased to appoint an executive of Lee's experience and standing. ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... Thailand, Vietnam - (US$3.7 billion in October). China recorded trade deficits with Taiwan (US$10.4 billion in October), South Korea (US$7.0 billion) and Japan (US$2.0 billion).

AXA IM appoints APAC lead for real assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... investment, asset management and capital raising activities from its offices in its newly-relocated Asian hub Japan and in South Korea and Australia. The promotion also now sees Jacquemin join AXA IM - Real Assets' global management board. Jacquemin ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Good, bad or ugly, there were events a-plenty last week for speculators and investors to digest for guidance on what lies ahead. There's the lingering North Korean nuclear threat - although this has barely made it to headlines over the past week; there's ...

Chinese wealth firm takes stake in investment platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... facilitating cross-border business between high-net-worth and venture capital investors in China, Australia, Singapore and South Korea. Having made the investment, BMY Group chief executive Eric Gao has now joined Wholesale Investor's board. Gao explained ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and more recently, Trump versus the new "axis of evil" - North Korea, Iran and Venezuela (USA Today) - the list goes on. Trump's propensity to alienate almost everyone (including his own GOP ...