The opening of China’s investment industry has resulted in a 21% year-on-year increase in mainland Chinese exam-takers.
Author Archives: Rupert Walker
Eastspring culls C-suite management team
Eastspring Investments chief executive officer Guy Strapp will leave the Singapore-based firm along with chief financial officer Ted Pull and chief operating officer Phil Stockwell.
China’s pensions sector to benefit foreign AMs
Mainland pension fund developments and Shanghai’s role as the third regional asset management hub should drive a doubling of AUM in the region by 2025, says PWC.
Is 2019 ripe for unconstrained bond funds?
Fixed income managers have promoted products with highly flexible mandates in response to shifting investor sentiment.
Pimco wary of Asia bonds
A divergence in country-level dynamics and continued China headwinds curb the firm’s enthusiasm for Asian bonds, despite expectations of a broad asset price recovery.
China’s weak growth signals short-term pain
China’s annual GDP growth was the lowest in 28 years, and First State’s Martin Lau sees it as a risk to asset prices.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Legg Mason vs Schroders
FSA compares two US equity funds with contrasting market cap styles: the Legg Mason Clearbridge US Large Cap Growth fund and the Schroder ISF US Small & Mid Cap Equity fund.
UBP secures Taiwan master agent licence
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has set up a new asset management unit in Taiwan after gaining a Securities Investment Consulting Enterprises (SICE) business license in late 2018.
Stick with short duration bonds
High yields are available in oversold, short-dated credit assets, argues Eoin Walsh, portfolio manager at Twenty Four Asset Management.
Hong Kong to extend MRF to Luxembourg
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission and Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) have signed an a memorandum of understanding on the mutual recognition of funds scheme.
