The time has come to offer investors a fairer deal by dropping fixed fees and adopting a performance-based model, according to Morningstar’s head of global manager research Jeffrey Ptak.
Category: Fund news
Strong EM passive fund inflows pressure active fees
As passive products increase their market share among emerging market funds, active fund managers must outperform to justify their fees, argues a report by Cerulli Associates.
Investors take profit from hot emerging market funds
Emerging market equity and bond funds ended their longest inflow streaks since 2013 during the second week of August as investors took some of their year-to-date gains off the table.
Morningstar fund reviews and re-ratings – August 2017
A JP Morgan fund was upgraded and analyst ratings of Aberdeen, Fidelity, First State and Henderson funds were reaffirmed.
The best and the worst funds – July 2017
Allianz, UBS, Schroders, Castlestone — these firms had funds among the best and the worst performers over the last three years.
Income funds in demand in Hong Kong
HSBC Asset Management and JPMorgan gathered the most mutual fund assets in Hong Kong in the first half of 2017, driven by investors’ demand for income-generating funds.

A look at Malaysia’s Islamic funds
Equity funds still dominate Malaysia’s sharia-compliant funds, which have been gathering assets the last three years.
HK domiciled funds outpace Singapore counterparts
Chinese equity mutual funds boost the size of the Hong Kong-domiciled mutual fund landscape, helping it push ahead of rival Singapore.
How do China funds perform over the long-term?
Over a ten-year period, GAM and UBS funds are the standouts but First State is exceedingly well represented, according to FSA research.

Fund passport scheme aims for 2018 launch
Countries in the Asia Regional Fund Passport (ARFP) scheme are working on the legislation and regulations in their respective markets and have targeted 2018 for the launch, according to ARFP’s first annual report.