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Multi-Convergence: HK PE firm GCS buys Dexia Asset Management

That was fast. Less than ten days after entering exclusive acquisition talks with Dexia, HK-based private equity firm GCS Capital is buying the asset management arm from the Dexia group, a case of #East2West and #Multi-Convergence. The price was set … Continue reading

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Asia Society CEO luncheon, HK

We picked the Asia Society for Asset International’s CEO luncheon in HK for numerous reasons. First, John Rockefeller III founded the Asia Society in New York on Park Avenue in 1956 to foster exchange and collaboration across the arts, business, … Continue reading

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China & the world: new leadership, partnerships, investments, SWFs

I am writing this post on board Cathay Pacific 830 from HK to NY en route to Sao Paulo, following two weeks of off the record discussions with CEOs, institutions, and government officials in Asia. (Quick side note, Marester, the … Continue reading

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Global asset management regulation and investor protection – what the industry needs to do

Multi-Convergence in Global Asset Management – Regulation in the Spotlight For the last few years, the global asset management industry has seen increasingly blurry lines of demarcation in key business areas previously treated as silos. – On the product side, … Continue reading

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Whitepaper on Asia Fund Distribution with Nomura Research Institute (NRI)

For many years I have had the great pleasure of working closely with Nomura Research Institute’s head of research, Sadayuki Horie.  Taking turns between Tokyo and New York, Horie’s insights into the Japan asset management industry have helped us shape our … Continue reading

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Keynote speech at Nordic Fund Selection Forum 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden

After the huge investor education event at Bocconi University in Milan – 10,000 people in three days, I left for Stockholm at night for the Nordic Fund Selection Forum.  As I wrote in a recent blog, the Nordics have been … Continue reading

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Fund Forum Asia Interview with Alan Harden, Hong Kong 2012: The Importance of Brand in Asset Mgmt

After the speeches in Milan (Salone del Risparmio, Bocconi University) and Stockholm (Nordic Fund Selection Forum) next week, I am finally back in Hong Kong, to meet with clients and to conduct the “Fund Forum Asia Interview – Brand vs. … Continue reading

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Keynote speech on “Global Trends in Asset Management” at Bocconi University Milan – Salone del Risparmio 2012

April rings in another whirlwind speaking tour across Europe, Asia and the US in two weeks, with a series of exciting events, panels and keynote speeches. It starts off with the “Salone del Risparmio” at Milan’s Bocconi University, a three … Continue reading

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New Strategic Insight Study: State of the Global Asset Management Industry – 2011 Review, 2012 Outlook

New Strategic Insight Study: STATE OF THE GLOBAL FUND INDUSTRY – 2011 REVIEW, 2012 OUTLOOK   New York – March 7, 2012 – The second volume of Strategic Insight’s State of the Industry report provides a global review of 2011 … Continue reading

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Emerging markets flex their muscles: Sao Paulo’s Safra brings Samba to Switzerland’s Sarasin:

For a few years now we have commented in our research on a metatrend “West-to-East”, developed market managers in the US or Europe leaving their domestic grass to look for greener postures in high-growth emerging markets, either organically or via … Continue reading

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