Retail Investment

Bank of Ayudhya rebrands private banking business, eyes young rich

Bank of Ayudhya has rebranded its private-banking business as Krungsri Exclusive in responding to the trends of younger high-net-worth individuals.

Bank of Ayudhya rebrands private banking business, eyes young rich

Bank of Ayudhya has rebranded its private-banking business as Krungsri Exclusive in responding to the trends of younger high-net-worth individuals.

IHH Healthcare IPO attracts investors, fund managers

IHH Healthcare Bhd's concurrent IPO at the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading and Bursa Malaysa Securities are attracting investors and fund...

Japan's Mizuho may face charges in 5-year-old mortgage bond deal

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is likely to face civil charges over the sale of a US$1.6 billion mortgage bond deal five years ago.

Bonds for retail investors in Malaysia to be offered soon

A framework to facilitate the offering of bonds to retail investors is now under development.

FPCIL, ICICI collaborate on financial planning

ICICI Securities has been empanelled as an education partner with Financial Planning Corporation Pvt Ltd for delivering the education for CFP...

Takaful Malaysia expects to surpass 30% growth projection

Takaful Malaysia is confident of again surpassing 30 percent growth.

China's Fosun collaborates with Danish equity firm Axcel

A Chinese investment company and a Danish private equity investment firm are collaborating to identify business opportunities in China and Europe.

Kenanga Investment eyes strong presence in Malaysia

Kenanga Investment Bank will be able to enhance its presence in Malaysia after acquiring ECM Libra Investment for RM875.1 million.

Aminvestment to manage Kuwaiti group's RM325 sukuk issuance

AmInvestment Bank will act as sole lead manager for Kuwait's Gulf Investment Corp's GIC issuance of RM325 million sukuk.

Goldman bases new Asia Pacific chairman in Beijing

Goldman Sachs rehired veteran banker Mark Schwartz to be the chairman of its Asia Pacific unit, based in Beijing.

India's HDFC doubles 5-yr bond issue to $89M

India's Housing Development Finance Corp more than doubled its five-year bond issue size to at least 5 billion rupees or $89.46 million.

Stanchart Private Bank to offer Islamic financial solutions

Singapore-based Standard Chartered Private Bank will start offering a comprehensive suite of Islamic financial solutions for its clients.

Nuvest aims to raise $1B in first year of ops

Nuvest Capital will launch a global multi-asset fund with an emphasis on emerging markets by July with seed money from GIC.

Allianz GI names Tan as new Singapore investment head

Allianz Global Investors has appointed David Tan as its head of investments for Singapore and chief investment officer for pan-regional Asian bond...

More investment funds to be set up in Vietnam

More investment funds in Vietnam will be set up as the country's stock market recovers.

RHB Investment's new Kuching branch to offer full array of services

HB Investment Bank's new Kuching branch will offer a full array of stockbroking and investment banking products and services.

Shinhan Bank sells US$99M worth of dimsum bonds

Shinhan Bank has raised 625 million yuan or US$99 million in so-called dimsum bonds to diversify its foreign currency debts.