Retail Funds
Another good year expected for Thai mutual funds
Another good year expected for Thai mutual funds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Thailand's mutual-fund industry is expected to increase by at least 10 per cent this year.
                    
                                        
                    
                China approves first exchange-traded bond funds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	China will boosts its debt market by introducing low-cost, liquid products to a wider pool of investors.
                    
                                        
                    
                Burmans gets stake in Delhi-based DMI Finance
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	The Burman family has acquired a strategic stake in DMI Finance Private Ltd, a Delhi-based finance company.
                    
                                        
                    
                China's smaller banks eyed to run fund firms
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	China's pilot project that has allowed banks to operate fund management companies will be expanded.
                    
                                        
                    
                China to attract more players in mutual fund operations
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	China will develop its mutual fund industry, which is struggling to produce returns for investors.
                    
                                        
                    
                China's fund companies turn to shopping website for customers
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Taobao, a shopping website, has attracted about 20 fund management companies.
                    
                                        
                    
                Mutual funds gain 10% value in Indonesia
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Indonesia’s mutual funds industry booked a 10.19 percent rise in total net asset values in 2012.
                    
                                        
                    
                Public Mutual unveils 6 private retirement scheme funds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Public Mutual's six private retirement scheme.
                    
                                        
                    
                China's insurers may get to sell mutual funds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Insurance companies to distribute mutual funds.
                    
                                        
                    
                Eastspring to lure investors to mutual funds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Indonesia’s booming mutual fund market.		Eastspring Investments plans to tap this through an equity and fixed-income fund for individual investors.
                    
                                        
                    
                Yoshikawa heads Citigroup's M&A in Japan
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Masao Yoshikawa has been appointed to head Citigroup's mergers and acquisitions in Japan.
                    
                                        
                    
                Skybridge to invest more in Asian hedge funds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	SkyBridge plans to boost allocations to Asia-based managers to about 30 percent of total capital over the next decade, from about $250 million now...
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian mutual fund industry to reach Rs 20 lakh crore by 2020: Reliance
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Reliance Capital Asset Management foresees India's mutual fund industry to grow to Rs 20 lakh crore by 2020.
                    
                                        
                    
                Distrust in banks makes savings bonds hot in Bangladesh
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	More national savings certificates are being sold in Bangladesh as it is considered as the safest investment instrument.
                    
                                        
                    
                Philippines' SM Investments raises $500M selling 7-year bonds
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	SM Investments' raised US$500 million from the sale of 7-year bonds, which became oversubscribed five times.
                    
                                        
                    
                BDO, BPI eye sponsoring Philippines’ first ETFs
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Banco de Oro Unibank and Bank of the Philippine Islands have expressed interest in becoming sponsors of the country’s first exchange-traded funds
                    
                                        
                    
                Ex-Wall Street execs launch Asian hedge fund
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	A fund management group run by former Wall Street bank executives has launched an Asia-focused hedge fund with seed capital from a European family...