The Monetary Authority of Singapore licence allows Aviva Investors to provide fund management services in the city-state to both retail and institutional clients, across segregated mandates, closed-ended and open-ended funds.
DocCom, a social networking firm for doctors and clinicians, participated in the Future Health Mission, in which 19 UK companies toured San Francisco Bay’s Silicon Valley region seeking investors. – Enterprise social-networking firm DocCom Solutions and 18 other UK health care
companies toured Silicon Valley the week of Jan. 13, as part of the 2011 UK Future Health Mission, to drum
up support for their work in health care and find potential investors to expand
into the United States.
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Bill Gross had a great sound bite at Forbes’ annual investing roundtable:I don’t know if the U.S. has reached a desperate point, but it is employing instruments and vehicles and policies that smack of desperation. We are not looking at a default here…
SPI (Australia) Assets Pty, a unit of Singapore Power, will meet investors in Europe starting Jan. 24, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
BNP Paribas SA, Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are arranging the meetings, the people said.
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Healthway Medical Corp <HEMC.SI>, which runs medical and dental clinics in Singapore and China, is speaking to potential investors who have expressed an interest in taking a stake, a company executive said.
“Healthcare in Singapore has become a very attractive sector for investors and Healthway has had its share of interest,” Adrian Leong, group medical director and managing director of medical services, told Reuters in an interview.
The real estate company hired Deutsche Bank AG, Standard Chartered Plc and UBS AG to help arrange the meetings, the person said, asking not to be identified as details are private. It may consider a sale of yuan-denominated bonds, whose coupon and principle would be settled in dollars, another person familiar with the matter said on Dec. 7.
Singapore investors can put a minimum of $20,000 in Man AHL Trend, said the London-based manager, which completed its acquisition of GLG Partners Inc. in October. AHL and other managed futures trading programs profited in 2008 as commodities such as crude oil rallied to records, and then collapsed.
Christopher Whalen previously explained how the banks got away with pledging mortgages to multiple buyers.Today, Whalen provides further details: The short answer is “innovation.” In her column, “One Mess That Can’t Be Papered Over,”…
Investors lapped up Singapore Global Logistic Properties’ (GLP) IPO but shunned the non-precious metals unit of London-listed gold miner Petropavlovsk Plc <POG.L> in a day of mixed fortunes for Asian share offerings.
Asia has led the world in initial public offerings so far this year, raising US$89.9 billion ($117.6 billion) in the first nine months of the year as investors shift funds to emerging markets, according to data compiled by Thomson Reuters.
Joint Treasure bought the eight-acre (3.2-hectare) property next to the Beverly Hilton — for less than a third of its sale price of about US$500 million in 2007 — at auction from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s bank, Inbursa.
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said that corporate bonds for retail investors will be available, for the first time, on SGX primary and secondary markets.
These corporate bonds, issued by SGX-listed companies and other organisations, will be traded in smaller denominations, making it attractive to the growing pool of retail investors in Asia. SGX offers an easily accessible, cost efficient and transparent bond market. Real-time prices as well as volume and price information will be made available on its website.
In this regard, Singapore Airlines has today announced an offer of $300 million in bonds due in 2015, a portion of which is to be offered to the public. The public offer will open on 22 September. This issue of corporate bonds will be tradable on SGX Mainboard on 1 October.
Singapore stocks manage to build on early gains, drawing strength from advance across Asian markets, says Dow Jones.
STI +0.7% at 3,043.53 midday vs 3,035.52 opening (+0.4%), tad off new year-to-date high of 3,048.53 set in early trade.
Resistance at lower end of 3,085-3,146 breakdown gap formed in June 2008. Market breadth at 1.5 gainers for every decliner.
GIC has identified about 50 so-called cornerstone investors including real estate and hedge funds, and some international wealthy individuals, one of the people said, declining to be identified as discussions are private. The warehouse unit, called Global Logistic Properties, started pre-marketing the sale to analysts in Singapore and Hong Kong today and is expected to start trading in Singapore Oct. 15, the people said.
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News Analysis: CEO David Scott and venture capital firms Menlo Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners and Mayfield Fund will come away with many dollars when the deal is done. – In the aftermath of the out-of-control bidding war that recently
concluded with Hewlett-Packard outspending Dell at $2.35 billion for
storage maker 3PAR, the winners undoubtedly are enjoying one of the
sweetest Labor Day weekends of their lives.
Those victors include CEO David Scott and ve…
Action in Singapore bourse in stark contrast to yesterday’s, with participation sharply lower as players retreat to sidelines, writes Dow Jones.
Volume merely 621.8 million shares worth $594.9 million at midday vs whole of yesterday’s 2.25 billion worth $2.16 billion. STI off 0.3% at 3,004.24; next support at 2,979 (July 30 low) if 3,000 fails to hold. Market breadth flat.
