FSA compares two UK equity funds: the Blackrock UK Fund and the Jupiter UK Special Situations Fund.
Author Archives: Francis Nikolai Acosta
Francis is editor for Fund Selector Asia, covering the asset and wealth management industry in Asia. He joined Last Word Media in November 2016 as a senior journalist and became deputy editor in 2019. Previously, he was a reporter at Ignites Asia, A Financial Times service, also covering the region's asset management industry. He has a Master's degree in journalism from The University of Hong Kong.
In case you missed it (25 January 2019)
Sun Life IM hires Fidelity’s head of Asia fixed income; CSOP AM lists Hong Kong’s first US dollar money market ETF; East Capital reorganises its funds; Investors pull out from hedge funds in 2018; Bank of Singapore warns against fraudulent apps; and more…
QDII funds bleed $1.59bn in outflows in 2018
QDII funds, which mainland firms use to invest onshore capital outside of China, still account for less than 1% of China’s RMB 11trn mutual fund market, according to data from Morningstar Direct.
Apac investors search for global equity funds
Not one fixed income fund made it onto Evestment’s most viewed funds list for 2018.
Betting on beaten down European equities
Cheap valuations and earnings growth could be a catalyst for Europe this year, according to Ferdinand Cheuk, portfolio manager for global equities at Franklin Templeton Investments.
Deutsche Wealth pulls from Credit Suisse for new role
The bank has hired Credit Suisse’s Asia-Pacific head of portfolio solutions to fill the APAC head of advisory role.
Beware of `concept stocks’ in fintech
Investors looking at listed fintech companies should closely monitor profitability, according to Patrick Lemmens, Rotterdam-based executive director for trends investing at Robeco.
Fidelity launches its fourth onshore Chinese product
Only a handful of foreign managers have launched multiple products in China’s private fund market.
Barings launches two fixed income funds
The launch of the two funds comes at a time when the sentiment for fixed income products in Asia is mixed.
