The firm intends to launch an equity product that was formerly only available to professional investors.
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The firm intends to launch an equity product that was formerly only available to professional investors.
Global equity markets have rallied this year, but two-thirds of fund sales in Hong Kong are in fixed income products.
Fund Selector Asia will be hosting our specialist Discretionary Portfolio Forum this August in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s private wealth management assets reached HK$5.2trn ($670bn) in 2016, growing by 9% and increasing their share of the overall fund management business in the territory, according to a report by the Securities and Futures Commission.
Hong Kong and Singapore ranked first and third as the most competitive countries in the world, with Switzerland coming in second, according to the 2017 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking.
On December 5, the Shenzhen stock exchange will link with Hong Kong’s, which is already connected to Shanghai’s bourse. The tri-city set up will create the largest stock market in the world by volume.
More onshore managers are looking at Hong Kong as a place to launch offshore products.
Hong Kong’s markets fell year-on-year during 2015 and China concerns put them at risk in 2016, according to an SFC report.
The Securities and Futures Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission today said they have signed a cooperation pact for the initiative and agreed on the implementation principles. “The mutual recognition of funds initiative is a major breakthrough in the opening up of the mainland’s funds market to offshore funds,” the SFC’s chairman Carlson Tong […]
Even as Switzerland remains the world’s largest wealth management centre, other locations such as Hong Kong, Singapore and the US are also catching up rapidly, according to research from Deloitte.
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