22/02/2010
Index provider FTSE Group (FTSE) has announced that Jessie Pak has been appointed as director, Asia. Pak joins from Atos Euronext Market Solutions (AEMS), now known as NYSE Technologies, where she was head of Asia, executive vice president. Prior...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
22/02/2010
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has received positive feedback to its recent consultation aimed at enhancing investor protection, according to Martin Wheatley, the SFC's chief executive. Speaking at conference in London, Wheatley said: "We have received many well-thought...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
22/02/2010
Clariden Leu has increased its net profit to CHF 353m in 2009, which represents a 67% increase compared to the previous year. The bank attributes the increase to a stabilization of the markets in the second half of the...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
22/02/2010
Pricing Partners has opened a new regional office in Singapore to provide global distribution of its products and services suite across Asia. It has already signed a distribution agreement in Hong Kong, and has offices in Paris and London....
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (1)
22/02/2010
Deutsche Bank has launched four new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX). The products include Asia's first ETFs to track the performance of US and European sovereign bonds, as well as Asia's first...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (2)
22/02/2010
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) lifted its ban on DBS Bank Ltd, Malayan Banking Berhad Singapore Branch and the Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. Singapore Branch from selling structured notes. The regulator confirmed the three financial institutions have...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
22/02/2010
Suzanne Salter, head of structured investments at Commonwealth Bank (CBA), talks about its new capital protected investment, Capital Series OzAsia, which offers investors a choice of three investment themes and investment terms of five-and-a-half years. Innovative Investor: What is...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
08/02/2010
Commonwealth Bank has launched a new capital protected investment, Capital Series OzAsia, which offers investors a choice of three investment themes. Strategy 1 offers five fixed coupon payments equal to 4% of the investment, with the first coupon paid...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
08/02/2010
Singapore based Kwong Kin Mun, managing director, head of private banking Southeast Asia, at Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management talks about the lessons learnt by private clients in the crisis and what it means for a global brand such as...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (1)
08/02/2010
Investec has launched its latest collection of structured products [in the UK], adding a risk control feature to some plans and bringing RBS on board as a counterparty. This collection sees the launch 15 new Investec plans, and includes...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (3)
08/02/2010
According to new report by Standard & Poor's (S&P) Islamic finance is likely to keeping growing in 2010, fueled by demand from Southeast Asian countries and helped by further inroads being made in developed Western markets. The S&P report...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
08/02/2010
HSBC Global Asset Management has appointed Julie Koo as head of institutional sales, Asia-Pacific, with effect from 18 February 2010. Based in Hong Kong, Koo will lead the local and regional institutional sales teams. She will report to Patrice...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
08/02/2010
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has welcomed the announcement that distribution of the recovery values of the Minibond notes to investors will be made on 12 February 2010. The announcement was made by the three partners of PricewaterhouseCoopers...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (1)
08/02/2010
BlackRock's ETF landscape industry review has claimed global ETF assets will grow by up to 30% in 3010, having grown 45.7% in 2009. It found that as at end December 2009, the AUM of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) reached US$38.52nn,...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
01/02/2010
Kevin Burke, Managing Director, Head of Distribution, Asia Pacific at Barclays Capital talks about growth and the beginnings of a return of investors' appetite for risk Innovative Investor - What are your big themes for 2010? Kevin Burke -...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (2)
01/02/2010
Deutsche Bank has developed a fund based on benchmark indexes, using a call-overwriting strategy to provide downside protection for investors who want to invest in equities but are cautious about market outlook. Deutsche's platinum overwriting plus fund is Ucits...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (2)
01/02/2010
AmIslamic Bank managing director and chief executive Datuk Mahdi Murad has been reported as saying it plans to issue six more new products, including wealth management and structured products, this year. Speaking ahead of its year end announcement on...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
01/02/2010
iShares has announced the iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Financials Sector Index Fund (AXFN), the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Financials Sector Index Fund (EMFN), the iShares MSCI Europe Financials Sector Index Fund (EUFN), the iShares MSCI Far East Financials...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
01/02/2010
Speaking a meeting in Hong Kong which forged an agreement for closer cooperation between the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), the SSE suggested it will launch China's first ETF tracking foreign stocks this...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
01/02/2010
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a further policy consultation paper on proposed enhancements to the regulatory framework for unlisted investment products - including structured products. It first began consulting on this on 12 March 2009, and...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
01/02/2010
State Street Corporation's latest Vision Focus report found the Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) region's ETF market increased its assets under management (AUM) by more than 40% in 2009, and is expected to continue to expand at this rate during 2010. Sammy...
Posted by Innovative Investor
| Permalink
| Comments (0)
