Asia’s rapid growth is credited with driving wealth creation in the region, but rich individuals are also emerging from more sluggish economies

With fund flows much lower than they used to be managers need to better accommodate the Asian investor’s mentality

After the impressive inflows from 2005 to 2007, the Asian mutual fund industry is at a crossroads, according to speakers at Fund Forum Asia in Hong Kong. The tightening of regulatory regimes, as a consequence of the financial crisis and Lehman mini bond scandal, has made fund distribution in Asia much tougher and fund flows are currently only a trickle of what they used to be.

Four Tokyo-based financiers give their views on what the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan will mean for the economic outlook

The prime benificiaries of China’s growing wealth have been the brands of the luxury goods sector, a trend that looks set to continue

Recruitment is proving to be a key battleground for wealth managers looking to expand across Asia, writes Yuri Bender

The successful listing of China’s Noah Holdings on the New York Stock Exchange is an example of the potential for private equity to access the Asian growth story by buying into the wealth management market, writes Stephen Wall

In 2001, Goldman Sachs Investment Research team created the Bric (Brazil, Russia, India, China) concept in an effort to identify the world’s fastest growing economies. By 2050, it was forecasted that the Bric economies could collectively rival the G7, in terms of share of global growth. GIR now believes this timeline is conservative the speed of development is such that the Bric economies could rival the G7 by 2032.

The Indian government is addressing its infrastructure problems, creating opportunities for those looking to invest in construction, writes Yuri Bender.

Recent activity in the Asian wealth management space, including a number of strategic partnerships, highlights the importance of the region to global players, write Karl von Bezing and Graham Harvey.

PWM's round table discussion with Professor Robert Haugen, inventor of the Minimum Variance concept, highlights the importance of quantitative investing in the post-crisis climate. Private banks and institutions, requiring predictable returns for their clients and long-term savers, are increasingly incorporating systematic investment processes in their portfolio construction models.