Baltimore-based Legg Mason has chosen to wind down boutique subsidiary Esemplia Emerging Markets‚ which had about $500m in assets and employed 25 people.
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Wells Fargo AM increasing subfunds in Singapore
Wells Fargo Asset Management has made many of its sub-funds available in Singapore for the first time through two of that country’s largest third-party mutual fund distribution platforms: iFAST and PhillipCapital.
Henderson hires new head of retail for Singapore
Henderson Global Investors has appointed Wong Hur Ming as head of retail sales, Singapore.
Nikko hires seniors as it expands in Asia
Nikko Asset Management has made a number of senior hires as part of its Asian growth strategy.
Matthews Asia launches complement to gem giants
Matthews Asia has unveiled a Ucits-compliant version of its smaller companies strategy, available in the US since 2008, billing it as fund to complement investors’ existing large cap exposure to Asia ex-Japan.
Fund Picks: Legg Mason Japan vs Aberdeen Japan
One of these funds has returned almost three times as much as the other over three years, but has done so with almost twice the volatility, so which would you go for?
Independents day intermediary profile of IFAA
Major banks and investment product providers dominate Hong Kong’s financial services landscape, drowning out the voice of its independent advisory industry. Since 2006, the IFAA has sought to rectify that.
Fund managers reveal all to Singapore adviser audience
These are not easy times for investors, with investment returns low, political and social unrest disrupting key regions of the world, and the spectre of inflation ever-present.
Matthews Asia bets on small caps
Growing small cap companies in Asia can shore up investors’ returns at a time when the global economy continues to stutter and growth in the two major Asian economies has stalled, according to Matthews Asia’s Lydia So.
Dividend manager Madsen quits Matthews Asia
Jesper Madsen is leaving Matthews Asia in October, leaving the dividend fund he manages in the hands of Robert Horrocks and Yu Zhang.