Bangkok-based SCB Asset Management, Thailand’s second largest asset manager, is planning to go beyond its range of foreign feeder funds and develop its own actively-managed global funds that invest abroad, according to a local report.
Category: Markets
Japan may be lifeline for passporting scheme
Fund managers joining the Asia Regional Funds Passporting (ARFP) scheme are likely to find the best opportunities in Japan, according to Andrew Gordon, Hong Kong-based managing director for Asia at RBC Investor and Treasury Services.
Is the Japanese equity rally losing steam?
Joel Le Saux, manager of the Japan opportunities fund at SYZ Asset Management, argues the Japanese equity rally won’t last.
Foreign managers expand in Taiwan
Foreign fund managers set up in Taiwan are growing their presence, with a number of firms seeing more demand for their locally-domiciled funds.
Asia’s fund selectors bullish on Apac ex-Japan
The worst performing Asia-Pacific ex-Japan funds last year still reported double-digit returns, and Asia’s fund selectors told FSA they intend to stock up on the asset class in 2018.
Japan and Australia move towards ARFP
Japan and Australia have announced regulatory initiatives aimed to bring them closer to full implementation of the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) scheme in 2018.
Philippines approves Credit Suisse rep office
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has given Credit Suisse a green light to establish a representative office in the Philippines, according to Chuchi Fonacier, the central bank’s deputy governor for supervision and examination.
Taiwan bourse wants more offshore investors
The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) is promoting the country’s capital market to Hong Kong investors, particularly its technology-related listed companies.
Bullish T Rowe overweights Japan equities
For the first time in a decade, T Rowe Price’s global equity strategy has an overweight versus the benchmark to Japan equities. Laurence Taylor, portfolio specialist, explains why.
Credit Suisse applies to set up in the Philippines
Credit Suisse is one of several foreign banks planning to set up representative offices in the Philippines, enabling them to promote their own financial products and services locally.
