Emerging market bonds and equities continued to enjoy steady net inflows in May, reinforcing a strong trend of renewed investor enthusiasm for emerging markets.
Category: Markets
Shariah fund industry in Malaysia
Even as growing numbers of multi-national asset managers are moving to set up shop in Malaysia, as they prepare to tap into the demand for Islamic fund management, an informal poll of market participants suggests that the industry’s growth is being stymied by a lack of product innovation and range.
Wealth managers returning to emerging markets
Any contrarian investor will tell you that when things are going south there are opportunities to be had.
BlackRock appoints Choi as country head for Korea
BlackRock has poached Schroder Investment Managements Man-Yeon Choi as country head for Korea.
Asia Frontier Capital unveils Vietnam fund
Asia Frontier Capital has launched an open-ended fund that will invest in Vietnamese listed equities‚ capturing the value in growth companies in the small- and mid-size segment.
Vietcombank unveils first balanced fund in Vietnam
Vietcombank Fund Management, a joint venture between Vietcombank and Franklin Templeton Investments, has launched the first open-ended balanced fund in Vietnam.
Why tracking EMs is like nailing jelly to a wall
As emerging markets continue to struggle, so has investors’ patience been tested, but what can a conscientious asset allocator really do about it?
Emerging markets cheap or a value trap
In the recent BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager survey, a net 36% of the respondents said that global emerging markets are the most undervalued of all markets, the strongest reading since 2004.
Vietnam’s first actively managed UCITS
One of SE Asia’s biggest asset managers has launched an actively-managed Ucits equity fund designed at international investors wishing to gain exposure to Vietnam’s public equity markets.
