The US-headquartered investment manager’s announcement follows on the heels of the launch of a fund in Taiwan in September last year.
Author Archives: Thomas Blott
Originally from the UK, Thomas is a financial journalist with over 10 years’ experience including nine in Asia. He began his career at Euromoney Institutional Investor, completing the graduate scheme and going on to establish the Asia bureau for IJGlobal, the world’s foremost source of intelligence on the project finance market. After a stint at KPMG, he joined International Financing Review, which was originally owned by Thomson Reuters and later Refinitiv, where he managed the people & markets section in Asia. He joined Bonhill Group as regional editor for Asia in 2022, which includes oversight of Fund Selector Asia. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.
Why this top quintile fund manager is increasing his exposure to Taiwan
Jason Pidcock, investment manager at Jupiter, has been increasing his exposure to Taiwan in recent months following the AI boom.
Federated Hermes strengthens bench in Japan
Kozo Fujioka’s appointment comes after Federated Hermes expanded into Japan to tap pension funds and other financial institutions there.
abrdn launches emerging markets income equity strategy
The strategy prioritise companies on their ability to pay dividends.
James Bullard: there’s enough data for the Fed to begin cutting
The former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis explains why he thinks the Fed should move to cut interest rates now.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Capital Group versus T Rowe Price
FSA compares the the Capital Group New Perspective fund and the T Rowe Price Global Value Equity fund for this week’s head to head.
Thornburg hires duo from Matthews Asia and Invesco
Jonathan Schuman and Richard Kuhn both took up the reins on 1 April, having worked at Matthews Asia and Invesco respectively.
Natixis IM strengthens distribution capabilities in Singapore
Mark Kwek has joined Natixis Investment Managers as head of wholesale for southeast Asia, based in Singapore.
Cohen & Steers: Listed infrastructure poised for rebound
Michelle Butler, real assets portfolio specialist at Cohen & Steers, explains why the shift in monetary policy is favourable to listed infrastructure.
Capital Group: all Hong Kong HNWIs currently have large cash holdings
Capital Group’s survey shows that 100% of Hong Kong high-net-worth investors currently have at least 10% of their portfolio held in cash.
