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Emerging markets drive investor optimism
A 46% plunge in the value of world ... Only 22% of the fund managers viewed equities ... He said: "Fund managers remain bearish overall towards ... HSBC's results chimed with other recent indicators that ... Three-quarters predicted corporate earnings will deteriorate next year....
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Och-Ziff adds four to Asia real estate team
Och-Ziff, the US hedge fund manager that has ... Och-Ziff Asia Real Estate has appointed four senior ... Zain Fancy, Roy Kwok, Bharat Khanna and Anand ... The four all covered similar regions at Morgan ... Och-Ziff Asia Real Estate will make investments in ... Dan Och, chairman and chief executive of Och-Ziff...
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Soros star backs boutique
Nick Roditi, a star fund manager who worked ... One of the pioneers of the UK hedge ... Mervyn Hughes, formerly the chief operating officer at ... Calum Graham and Christian Dangerfield, who managed a ... Spencer House closed the Asia fund along with ... It is understood that Belvedere manages internal assets...
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Fund managers see hope in Asia
Asian economies are set to surprise investors by ... Speaking at a conference for clients hosted by ... Yui-Ben Lai, a senior portfolio manager at Atlantis ... Investors in the audience questioned how well Asia ... Thio Boon Kiat, managing director and chief investment ... Robert Lloyd George, chairman and chief executive of...
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Barclays Wealth adds Asia duo
Barclays Wealth has strengthened its team in Asia ... Pheabe Chau has joined as head of investment ... Chau joins from RBS Coutts, where she was ... She will report to Thomas Fekete, global head ... Anny Au Yeung starts as relationship manager in ... Prior to joining Barclays Wealth, Yeung was a...
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Asia funds see $35bn inflow in second quarter
Mutual funds in Asia captured $35bn of net ... Every major market in Asia registered inflows except ... Asia contrasts sharply with Europe, where funds suffered ... “The resilience of Asia's investors despite the financial ... “We continue to see demand for various ... So far this year across Asia, investors added...
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Barclays Wealth appoints Asia strategist
Barclays Wealth has appointed Manpreet Singh Gill as ... Gill will be based in Singapore, reporting to ... Before joining Barclays Wealth, Gill had been economist...
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European hedge fund launches slow in first half
European hedge fund launches in the first half ... A survey from hedge fund industry publisher HedgeFund ... In the first half of 2007, Europe’s 190 ... Chris Jones, chief investment officer at $3.5bn fund ... In 2007, Key AM held 750 meetings with ... Europe’s largest 10 launches in 2008 to June...
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Property investors continues global push with hires
CB Richard Ellis Investors, the real estate fund ... The property fund manager, which had $42.2bn (€26.5bn) ... Gleeson joins from Morley Fund Management where he ... Gleeson and Savidge will both be based in ... Jeremy Plummer, managing director in the global multi-manager...
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Infrastructure and agriculture top themes for new Fidelity Asia head
The new manager of Fidelity International's recently launched ... David Urquhart, manager of the recently launched Fidelity ... He said there are a variety of opportunities ... He said: “The infrastructure chain starts with mining ... He added: “Likewise, agriculture is more than just...
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Wealth manager launches Asian "Green" Fund
Asian investment specialist, Lloyd George Management, has launched ... The green fund is aimed at capitalising on ... Tang is a director and founding partner of ... The new fund will inveest in three areas: ... In terms of energy, the fund will look ... Chief executive Robert Lloyd George said: "Five years...
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Standard Chartered Private Bank eyes hires despite slowdown
Standard Chartered's private bank anticipates a slowdown of ... Peter Flavel, global head of the Singapore-based private ... He said in a Reuters interview: "We are ... He added that he was cautious of the ... Flavel said the bank is now managing client ... Standard Chartered Private Bank grew assets under management...
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Asia demand sustains luxury market
Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods manufacturer, has proved ... Geneva-based Richemont, the owner of Cartier and the ... Chairman Johann Rupert said growth had been driven ... However, sales in developed markets lagged, and growth ... The company holdings include Cartier, Van Cleef and...
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EFG hungry for more acquisitions
EFG International hopes to acquire two operations in ... He said the bank was currently in talks ... Albert Chiu, EFG International’s deputy chief executive for ... He said the bank is looking to employ ... EFG International made six acquisitions last year including...
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Asian hedge fund assets fall to $100bn
Assets invested in Asia-focused hedge funds fell 10% ... Asian hedge funds recorded investment losses as a ... Asian emerging markets funds were the worst performing ... Emerging market stock indices fell sharply in the ... Investors withdrew capital from long/short Asian equity hedge...
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SG Private Bank plans new office in Asia
The French bank increases its presence in Japan ... SG Private Banking plans to open an office ... The bank said it will target wealthy Japanese...
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UBS plans expansion in booming wealth market
Taiwan is attracting a lot of interest from ... UBS said it plans to set up two ... The report said UBS now has 18 wealth ... The new branches are in central and southern...
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