Amala Balakrishner, Author at Fund Selector Asia

Japanese equities catch the eye of European investors

Japanese equity fund flows in Europe registered €500m in net new money across mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in April.

Liquidity conditions for asset owners improved in the last six months, Cerulli Associates notes.

The Swiss bank’s assets under management were largely flat compared with the end of last year.

The financial institutions are collaborating to broaden access to Shariah wealth offerings.

Schroders has made several moves across its Asia Pacific team in a bid to strengthen its client-facing capabilities.

Based in Hong Kong, Linda Lam will report to Andy Lee, head of investment services in north Asia.

The divergence in the performance of key markets has triggered macroeconomic uncertainty and an ‘Out of Sync’ theme, say analysts from HSBC AM.

Manoj Samtani has been named executive director and will look at client servicing and the team’s next-generation wealth capabilities.

Sandeep Das brings with him over 30 years of experience including most recently with Barclays Private Bank.

The company has named Berny Lin as chairman of the board of directors for M&G Taiwan as well as Steven Wang as general manager.