Following a rebalancing in May to adopt a more risk-on approach, the firm’s balanced portfolio delivered higher month-on-month returns in July.
Author Archives: Drew Wilson
Drew Wilson is editor of Fund Selector Asia. Previously he was editor at a publication covering private equity.
CBH: Funds are preferred in ‘compliance-driven’ portfolios
Wealth management clients who are employed in the financial industry are asking for more funds and less individual securities to avoid rising compliance risks, according to Kevin Liem, chief investment officer at CBH Asia.
FE Advisory Asia Portfolio review – June 2017
After trimming fixed income exposure, the firm’s cautious portfolio rose slightly in June, driven by global growth.
GAM sees traction for niche alts in Asia
There’s more scope for the right liquid alternatives products in Asia, according to Rossen Djounov, GAM’s new managing director and head of Asia.
FE Advisory Asia Portfolio review – May 2017
FE Advisory Asia’s growth portfolio, up 9.42% year-to-date, has been rebalanced and now has more risk assets.
How the fee-based model changes asset management
When Asia’s regulators eventually replace the commission-based wealth management model with a fee-based one, what could be the fallout for asset managers? Ben Cherrington, head of intermediary channels in Asia Pacific at M&G Investments, shares some key changes in the UK, which decided to make the leap to fee-based in 2013.
Citi’s Bacon upbeat on world growth
Investor optimism this year is more than a fleeting feeling, according to Roger Bacon, head of investments for Asia-Pacific at Citi Private Bank.
A look at frontier market investing
Frontier markets tend to have a low correlation with other markets and are relatively insulated from disruptive global events, said Charlemagne Capital’s Magna New Frontiers Fund co-portfolio manager Dominic Bokor-Ingram.
Putting bonds through the risk filter
Risk management is at the core of managing a bond fund, according to Terry Moore, fixed income portfolio specialist at T Rowe Price.
FE Advisory Asia Portfolio review – April 2017
The firm’s balanced portfolio was up slightly in April, according to Luke Ng, senior VP of research at FE Advisory Asia.
