Three recent fund choices reflect Standard Chartered Private Bank’s views on the overweights it made a few weeks ago, said Steve Brice, chief investment strategist for group wealth management.
Author Archives: Drew Wilson
Drew Wilson is editor of Fund Selector Asia. Previously he was editor at a publication covering private equity.
Mixed asset sees huge capital inflows
In Asia, first half figures from Strategic Insight show $192bn flowed into mixed asset funds and total new net flows doubled compared to the same period last year.
Could ETF takeup surge in Asia?
In Asia, ETFs have trouble gathering assets. But Geir Espeskog, managing director of iShares, believes his firm’s Asia AUM could grow 4x over several years, following a pattern in the US.
BlackRock signals trend by buying robo-advisor
The world’s largest asset manager said it will buy online wealth management firm FutureAdvisor.
OMGI gives more latitude to Asia allocations
When the numbers are crunched, it’s clear that Asia has been providing alpha, said Justin Wells, investment director at Old Mutual Global Investors.
Report: Emerging markets elevated to high risk
Growing concerns in China and other emerging markets could lead to “a prolonged deceleration” and have a “severe knock-on effect across the EU and the US”, according to the most recent report on risk by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Financial website test case for HK media openness
Can the Hong Kong government order deletions of public information from media archives? A financial industry news site is the test case.
BMO PB overweights European equities
Europe and Japan equities are favoured, but a key investment risk is China’s GDP surprising to the downside, said Edmund Yun, executive director and head of investment for Asia, who shared his second half views with Fund Selector Asia.
Morningstar fund reviews and re-ratings
The research firm has issued its July analyst ratings and commentary for four funds available for sale in Asia, with some re-ratings due to factors such as performance and management changes.
Looking way ahead
Is a ten-year investment forecast really possible? Baring Asset Management has provided one, and the firm claims its previous decade-long predictions were fairly close to actual results.
