This week’s Head-to-Head sees the Fidelity Strategic Bond Fund take on the M&G Optimal Income Fund.
Author Archives: Fund Selector Asia
HEAD-TO-HEAD: HSBC Vs PineBridge small-cap funds
Given the rise in market volatility, Fund Selector Asia compares two top-performing small-cap products: the HSBC Asia ex-Japan Equity Smaller Companies Fund and the PineBridge Asia ex-Japan Small Cap Equity Fund.
Fund houses warn on volatility from Greece impact
Increasing uncertainty around Greece and the probability of an exit from the Eurozone has raised the alarm at several fund houses about a surge in market volatility.
Big data to influence product manufacturing: Cerulli
Digital disruption is upending the wealth management industry and it could also have an impact on the product manufacturing process, according to Cerulli Associates.
China’s market plunge puts economy at risk
The continuing fall in China’s stock market puts the country’s entire financial system and structural reform agenda at risk, according to Axa Investment Managers and Schroders.
VAM offers DFM in Asia
VAM Funds and Close Brothers Asset Management plan to offer discretionary fund management services in Asia, according to Nigel Watson, sales director at VAM Funds.
T. Rowe Price: Vietnam opening a ‘huge positive’
International investors will be able to take a 100% stake in Vietnamese companies when the country scraps its foreign ownership limits in September, which T. Rowe Price’s Oliver Bell said will remove reluctance to invest in the market.
StanChart appoints ASEAN wealth management head
The bank has appointed Sumeet Bhambri as the regional head of wealth management for ASEAN, replacing Chung Shaw Bee, who left the firm on 30 June.
Amundi floats thematic ‘global ageing’ fund
The firm has launched a Hong Kong-domiciled fund aimed at sectors linked to the theme of global ageing.
Morningstar buys Japan research firm
Morningstar has bought out Japanese investment and advisory service firm Ibbotson Associates after initially acquiring a stake in the firm in 2006.
