Fidelity becomes the third global asset manager to get the nod to set up a mutual fund business in China.
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.
BlackRock shuts APAC equity income fund
BlackRock has shuttered its APAC Equity Income Fund due to dwindling AUM.
MFS appoints regional head of distribution
Sally Choo is a replacement for Jonathan Tiu, who is retiring.
Asia lags rest of the world in ESG ratings
Market participants clamour for more regulatory oversight of the sector.
Morgan Stanley upgrades China to overweight
This is the first time Morgan Stanley has been overweight China in almost two years.
Standard Chartered’s fund selection head moves into sustainability role
Victor Teo has taken up a new role as director of sustainable finance within the consumer, private and business banking division.
Indosuez Wealth Management makes three senior hires
Sandy Chen, Mark Chester Ng and Sarah Lee have all recently joined the wealth management arm of Credit Agricole.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: MFS Meridian versus Morgan Stanley
FSA compares two US growth funds: the Morgan Stanley INVF US Growth fund and the MFS Meridian US Concentrated Growth fund.
