Asia is in the vanguard of new technology trends, providing opportunities for investors, according to UBS Wealth Management.
Category: Asset Class in Focus
Onshore active funds underperform passives
China-domiciled funds are not much different from counterparts in the rest of the world in terms of active vs passive performance, according to Morningstar.
Frontier bond fund aims at high risk/return
As interest rates fall or go negative, Aberdeen Standard Investments is testing the water in Singapore with a high risk fund that yields 5.8%.
UBS Wealth adds HY to ESG strategy
The firm has again partnered with Hermes Investment Management to manage a sustainable product that is exclusive for UBS Wealth clients.
Pictet AM pushes disruptive tech theme
Pictet looks to the future with a promotion tour of Asia for its three multi-billion dollar security, digital and robotic funds.
BEA launches its second HK retail FMP
BEA Union Investment aims to build an enhanced yield-generating portfolio from Asian bonds.
Amundi courts HK investors with new theme
An education-themed fund will be a first in the Hong Kong market and the firm also expects to offer it to mainland investors via the MRF scheme.
Some cocos are still risky, Merian says
The European banking sector has strengthened, but Merian Global Investors believes that not all contingent convertible (coco) bonds are attractive.
Twenty-Four AM positions for recession
Fixed income portfolios should shun risk and erect liquidity buffers against future shocks, argues Twenty-Four Asset Management’s founding partner.
Invesco launches another FMP
It is the third fixed maturity product (FMP) the firm has offered to Hong Kong retail investors so far this year, and the first that will focus on Asia bonds.
