People Moves

Fidelity names regional managing director
Hale to the chief: Korea manager Evan Hale appointed John Ford’s successor in Hong Kong.

Mutual Funds & Markets

Prudential joins Vietnam fund rush
Its onshore fund management team will manage a product giving foreign investors access to public and private equity.

Mutual Funds & Markets

JFam makes Indonesia play
JF Asset Management predicts the stock markets of Indonesia will do better next year than their impressive gains in 2006.

Mutual Funds & Markets

Merrill launches Singapore-targeted retail derivative
Merrill Lynch sells a credit-linked note to Singapore retail investors.

People Moves

DBS Asset Management gives Lau top job
CIO Lau Wing-tat assumes the CEO mantle as well. Next: go regional.

People Moves

Watson Wyatt boosts regional team
The firm hires consultant Anthony Wong in Hong Kong.

Business Moves

Milbank's US clients are obsessed with China
We talk to Mel Immergut, the global chairman of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, about the firm's new Beijing office and the type of advice his clients investing in Asia are seeking.

Commentary

White & Case explains hedge-fund regulatory issues
Partners at White & Case's global investment funds group explain hot-button issues for hedge funds, ranging from new regulations in Japan to private-equity investments in China.

People Moves

Lehman sales trader joins Lionhart
Simon Quirke joins the multi-strategy hedge fund in its new Singapore office.

Securities Services

Transition management volumes surge
New data from State Street shows the massive liquidity in the region’s transition management business.

Institutional Investors

Xinhua and Milken Institute launch Chinese economic indicators
Shanghai data provider and California think tank link up to ease investment decision process.

People Moves

Franklin Templeton names Lin institutional head
Jack Lin will drive institutional business development for Asia ex-Japan.

Alternative Investments

PruPim hires Asia property team
The new Singapore property arm of Prudential appoints a CEO and six other senior executives.

People Moves

Lotus India AMC hires Pathak
Lotus India AMC, a joint venture between Fullerton Fund Management and Sabre Capital, appoints Tridib Pathak as chief investment officer.

Fund Manager Q&A

Baring Asset Management fears carry-trade unwind
Fixed-income director Alan Wilde believes the unwinding of the interest rate bet could reduce market liquidity.

Mutual Funds & Markets

Vietnam fund doubles in size
VinaCapital raises over $300 million in London.

Mutual Funds & Markets

Fund houses unite for STP
A new consortium of global fund managers operating in Asia wants to spread automation and standards among distributors.

Alternative Investments

Macquarie closes Japanese property fund at $865 million
The new MGPA offering takes a reduced risk profile and an exclusively Japanese flavour.

Securities Services

Citi and Northern Trust score big China mandate
China's National Council for Social Security Fund selects custodians for its impending offshore investments.

Mutual Funds & Markets

Korea offshore funds top $10 billion
Banks selling Fidelity's equity funds clean up.