asset management

SINGAPORE (June 5): Singapore stands poised to connect global investors to the region, as Asia’s dynamism and growth look set to be the defining investment theme over the next decade, says Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singa

SINGAPORE (Jan 29): The managers of Ascendas Hospitality Trust (A-HTRUST) are selling two hotel properties, Beijing Novotel Sanyuan and Ibis Beijing Sanyuan, for a total of RMB1.156 billion ($235.9 million) in cash.

SHANGHAI (Jan 24): Strains are spreading in China’s US$15 trillion ($19.8 trillion) shadow banking industry as investors pull back from the debt-like savings products that helped drive leverage to dangerous levels.

SINGAPORE (Jan 15): The manager of AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT (AA REIT) has agreed to sell the REIT’s smallest asset in its portfolio that is valued below $10 million, 10 Soon Lee Road, for a consideration of $8.17 million.

HONG KONG / BEIJING (Nov 10): China took a major step toward the long-awaited opening of its financial system, removing foreign ownership limits on its banks and asset-management companies, and allowing overseas firms to take majority stakes in local secu

NEW YORK (July 4): Two high-level quantitative researchers have left BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) as the world's largest asset manager embarks on an ambitious effort to engineer a high-tech revolution within its stockpicking business. Michael Lemmon, a fo

KUALA LUMPUR (June 29): Malaysian assets are back in favor as investors focus on encouraging signs of an economic turnaround instead of a scandal that has touched the top of government and as far as Hollywood.

SINGAPORE (June 23): Asia’s overall medium-term prospects are good and Singapore is strategically positioned to offer investors an excellent platform to tap into the region’s investing opportunities, says Ravi Menon, MD of the Monetary Authority of Si

SINGAPORE (June 8): OCBC Investment Research is maintaining its “buy” call on Keppel Corporation with a fair value estimate of $7.36, on the belief that the counter is well-positioned to ride on a property upturn.