Eastspring Investments, the Asia asset management arm of Prudential Corporation Asia, has appointed Michele Bang as deputy chief executive.
Author Archives: Fund Selector Asia
FE discusses plans to roll out UK model in Asia
Having established itself as a leading investment data and solutions provider in the UK, FE is set to replicate a similar model in Asia that caters to the needs of fund selectors, reports International Adviser’s Leena Dagade.
Hurdles for funds to tap Asia Pacific growth
Though expansion into Asia-Pacific market is a top priority for asset managers, they face significant challenges in capitalising on the opportunities in this region.
Highly fragmented markets are creating complexity for regulatory compliance, product innovation and efficient scaling of operations, revealed a survey conducted by State Street.
Singapore Malaysia Thailand in fund offering pact
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Securities Commission of Malaysia, and Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand have entered into an agreement to facilitate cross-border offering of collective investment schemes to retail investors in the three countries.
Cycle comes full circle
Resolution of the US fiscal cliff and declining levels of fear in relation to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, have prompted speculation that 2013 could bring a ‘great rotation’ from bonds into equities.
Japan kept at arms length
Fund selectors plan to increase their European, US and emerging market equity allocations but remain largely unmoved on Japanese stocks despite a strong upturn in fund manager sentiment on this asset class according to research by Expert Investor Europe in the first quarter of 2013.
EIE survey managers negative on Asia-Pacific
Fund managers are bearish on Asia Pacific ex Japan equities for the first time since Expert Investor Europe began compiling its monthly Manager Sentiment Survey, in January 2005.
Follow trends not figures when investing in Asia
Consumer trends and not GDP growth should be the key consideration for investors looking to take advantage of opportunities in China, suggest specialist investment firm Matthews Asia.
Investors ditch gold etf due to record equity price
As equity indices gain traction, investors are selling out of gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at quite a pace, according to data provided by Coutts.
Mobius corporate governance globally is terrible
Franklin Templeton’s emerging markets guru Mark Mobius claims corporate governance standards could be improved upon across the globe, signalling he did not mean to single out Russia at a recent conference hosted by Sberbank in Moscow.
