Mirae Asset Global Investments intends to distribute its products through the mutual recognition of funds initiative between China and Hong Kong, according to Jung Ho Rhee, chief executive and director of Hong Kong business.
Category: Industry views
Aviva reweights HY bonds from India to China
Asian high yield bonds are undergoing a turnaround phase this quarter as the prospects of Chinese issuers improve following monetary easing measures, according to Tim Jagger, senior vice president and portfolio manager for Asian fixed income at Aviva Investors.
India and Indonesia stories wearing thin
”Significant good news” is needed to sustain market momentum in India and Indonesia, according to Tim Jagger, senior vice president and portfolio manager for Asian fixed income at Aviva Investors.
Natixis in Asia retail push
The firm aims to launch up to ten funds in Asia in the next 18 months targeting retail investors, according to Madeline Ho, managing director, head of wholesale fund distribution for Asia Pacific at Natixis Global Asset Management..
Manulife adjusts Korea, India holdings
“We trimmed exposure to India and Korea as we were concerned after the run-up [in markets]. We had different instances when target prices on stocks were reached,” said Csellak in an interview with Fund Selector Asia. Volatile Korea Korea with a 20.7% weighting and India (17%) were still the top country allocations of the Manulife Asian […]
Asia’s unexamined small caps are a sea of opportunity
“The number of small-cap companies are increasing. Some local brokerages are bringing in new initial public offers in Korea. New companies are definitely coming up in Hong Kong and China, and India has so many small-caps,” Csellak told Fund Selector Asia. That creates potentially more undiscovered gems for small cap investors willing to do the […]
Jupiter is extending its UK orbit to Asia
The firm is largely unknown to retail investors outside its UK base, but client servicing, sales and marketing have expanded in Asia, and plans are underway for regionally-focused funds, said CEO Maarten Slendebroek.
Fixed income supply can’t meet epic demand, says BlackRock
Rieder, who was on visit to Hong Kong and China last week, said ten years ago there was a $4-$5trn net supply of fixed income each year. This year, the net supply will be $700bn, 15% of what was available a decade ago. “At the same time there is a huge aging population that needs […]
Does the US rate hike create an EM buying opportunity?
Current market volatility is due to uncertainty around the start date, Rieder said. He disagrees with conventional opinion that all emerging markets will be under pressure once the US Fed moves to hike rates later this year. Rieder believes a 25 basis point rate rise will come in September and further hikes will be cautious […]
Baring sees Stock Connect liquidity as proof of concept
Trading through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect surged to its highest level last month since launching in November. In April, market turnover on the Hong Kong Exchange rose to an all-time high of HK$252.4bn ($32.6bn). There has been a lot of talk about north vs south capital movement, but Stevenson believes that has been overstated […]
