In a new weekly feature, FSA finds the only executives in Asia willing to go on record and comment on key investment issues.
Author Archives: Fund Selector Asia
Manulife AM adds Singapore fixed income head
Murray Collis joined from Standish Mellon Asset Management as managing director and head of fixed income Singapore.
China one year on: The renminbi keeps falling
A year after China’s one-off currency adjustment, there is still room for further depreciation of the renminbi against the US dollar, said Jade Fu, investment manager at Heartwood Investment Management.
First mover in CIBM targets China state bonds
The enormous domestic bond market is “more liquid than people might expect”, said Robert Simpson, portfolio manager at Insight Investment, which is about to become one of the first foreign firms to invest through the newly-opened bond channel.
St James Place CIO on acquisitions, opportunities
St James’s Place is taking its pioneering business model to Asia and the Middle East in its next phase of growth, said chief investment officer Chris Ralph.
Brexit success could spark further EU break-up – OMGI
If the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union leaves the country ‘better off’ it could spark further break-up, according to Christine Johnson, head of fixed income at Old Mutual Global Investors.
Bonds are the new commodities in a ‘dangerous neighbourhood’– JP Morgan
A negative yielding bond is trading like a commodity, according to Oksana Aronov, managing director of JP Morgan’s Income Opportunity Fund.
The single country fund challenge
Going international as a single emerging market country manager is a big challenge, said Praveen Jagwani, CEO of UTI International.
Record number of Chinese candidates taking CFA course
The number of would-be investment managers in China entering the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) programme reached a record high in 2016, overtaking new registrations from the US for the first time, latest figures from the CFA institute show.
