Principal Global Investors intends to distribute funds through the mutual recognition of funds initiative, and is in talks with joint venture partner China Construction Bank about mainland products, said Kirk West, head of international offices and chief executive officer of Asia.
Author Archives: Fund Selector Asia
M&G hires Asia investment specialist
Jeik Sohn has been appointed as the firm’s first investment specialist in Asia.
China response to the potential equity bubble
Sandra Crowl, member of Carmignac Gestion’s investment strategy committee, examines how structural reforms and liberalisation of the financial markets will keep the limelight on China in 2015.
Natixis appoints Asia-Pacific chief economist
In Hong Kong, the bank has hired Alicia Garcia Herrero, a former chief economist for emerging markets at BBVA Research.
China’s asset managers well-positioned for MRF
A study of mainland asset managers shows those that have foreign partnerships or Hong Kong offices have an edge over those with foreign joint ventures when it comes to cross-border funds, according to Cerulli Associates.
Morgan Stanley vs Templeton
HEAD-TO-HEAD. The global fixed income market is undergoing a period of high volatility. While the European authorities are in final negotiation stages to save Greece from a potential default, the US looks set to hike interest rates sometime this year.
H-shares to benefit from mutual recognition of funds
The mutual recognition of funds initiative will act as a catalyst in re-rating offshore China equities and Hong Kong’s undervalued H-share market will be the first to benefit from inflows, according to Mansfield Mok, fund manager at EFG Asset Management.
Asia better positioned for US rate hike: Invesco
Asian markets are now in a better position to withstand the impact of the expected US rate hike due to improved monetary and fiscal conditions, according to Invesco Asset Management. During the second half of 2013, most Asian markets saw substantial capital outflows after the US Federal Reserve announced plans to taper its stimulus programme. […]
ETFs to become core portfolio holdings in Asia, Cerulli says
Distributors in Asia-Pacific are likely to use exchange-traded funds and other index-tracking products as core holdings when building model portfolios, and actively-managed funds could become satellite holdings, according to a report from Cerulli Associates.
Survey: Global investors favour equities
Half of global investors believe there will be a rotation from bonds to equities over the next three years, according to a survey by Principal Global Investors.
