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.
Author Archives: Fund Selector Asia
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.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Aberdeen vs First State
Fund Selector Asia compares two well-known products that invest in the region: the Aberdeen Global Asia-Pacific Equity Fund and the First State Asia-Pacific Select Fund.
HKG tribunal upholds fund house penalty
Hong Kong’s Securities & Futures Appeals Tribunal (SFAT) has backed a decision to fine and reprimand Pride Fund Management for refusing to resolve a financial dispute with a client.
