Asia | 12 Nov 13

Singapore should consider revamping the way its investment fund laws are structured, to permit different asset management industry sectors to offer more variety and thus cater to a brader range of clients, a new PwC white paper says.

People Moves | 12 Nov 13

Annette King, currently the president and chief executive officer of Manulife Singapore, has been named to take on a newly-created regional role, which will be based in Manulife's regional offices in Hong Kong, International Adviser has learned.

Asia | 12 Nov 13

Standard Life Investments has set up a new office in Hong Kong as part of its on-going Asian expansion plan and in order to make the region its Asia Pacific hub.

Profiles & Comment | 11 Nov 13

Managing a special situations fund that essentially follows a multi-asset fund allocation strategy, James Sullivan, fund manager at MitonOptimal is in favor of making allocations to the domestic-driven economies of the Asean region, but at the appropriate time.

Profiles & Comment | 11 Nov 13

The world’s second largest economy looks poised for a sustainable period of economic growth and will be able to re-ignite it further, only if the Chinese authorities initiate big reform steps, said Douglus Turnbull, head of Chinese equities at U.K-based Neptune Investment Management.