The fall in AUM occurred despite net fund inflows of HK$88bn in Hong Kong 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.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: FSSA versus MFS Investment Management
FSA compares the FSSA Japan Equity fund and the MFS Meridian Japan Equity fund.
The convertible bond market is in ‘dislocation’ – Lazard AM
Arnaud Brillois, managing director at Lazard Asset Management, discusses why the dislocation in the convertible bond market has lasted so long.
Amundi appoints country head for Japan
Katsumi Fujikawa joined the asset manager in 2021 having previously worked at BlackRock, UBS Securities and Barclays de Zoete Wedd.
abrdn announces launch of income strategy
The new SDEI strategy is available to retail and institutional or accredited investors in Singapore and professional investors in Hong Kong.
Global fund inflows down to fixed income – Morningstar
Fixed income carried the can during the first half of the year with inflows coming in at $236bn.
HKMA, SFC issue joint circular on sophisticated professional investors
According to the joint circular, intermediaries may apply a streamlined approach when dealing with SPIs.
High yield remains a ‘concern’ for Janus Henderson’s Blackbourn
Janus Henderson’s Oliver Blackbourn also discusses why adding duration makes sense right now.
T Rowe Price appoints ESG investment specialist for Apac
Caroline Ramscar was most recently the London-based head of sustainability solutions at Legal & General.
Vanguard hit with greenwashing lawsuit in Australia
Vanguard is alleged to have misled the public over its Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Hedged) fund.
