Both domestic and foreign banks are looking to benefit from the easing regulations in the Korean market, reports Rekha Menon

The growing importance of Asia to the wealth management industry is underlined by the flow of new money from the region and a number of senior executives moving to the area, writes Sebastian Dovey

Desmond Ng, Invesco’s head of distribution in Asia ex Japan, tells Elisa Trovato why he has high hopes for China’s mutual funds industry

With a rapidly expanding economy, the prospects for the Indian wealth management industry are rosy indeed. However, as Rekha Menon reports, Indian high net worth individuals tend to be very conservative in their outlook, and given the healthy state of the domestic market, hardly possess a global outlook

As Asia’s wealthy investors, risk appetites improve following the financial crisis, many are starting to turn to private bankers for advice on how best to structure their investment portfolios, writes Elisa Trovato

Since their debut in the nineties, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have become a popular tool for investors seeking cheap, liquid, flexible exposure to equities and other asset classes. By the end of 2009, assets managed by ETFs worldwide reached over one trillion US dollars^*. While the US and European ETF markets account for more than 90% of ETF assets globally, it is the potential for ETFs to take off in Asia which has really captured people’s attention.

In 2001, Goldman Sachs Investment Research coined the concept of Bric (Brazil, Russia, India, China), identifying some of the world’s fastest growing economies. It was forecasted that the Bric economies could collectively rival the G7, in terms of share of global growth, by 2050. They now believe the speed of development is such they could rival the G7 by 2032

Private investors looking to access growth in Asia’s emerging markets should consider investing in global funds, therefore taking advantage of Western companies looking to source increased profits from the region, writes Elliot Smither, although some local specialists remain unconvinced about this strategy

Indonesia and central Asian Muslim countries are seen as the next target markets for Sharia investments, which emerged largely unscathed from the financial crisis, writes Ceri Jones, but strict rules are off-putting to some