China’s pension funds can start investing in local markets in 2016, according to government officials.
Category: Fund news
Chinese ETFs see unprecedented capital inflows
While money market ETFs are losing their attractiveness due to near zero interest rates in most parts of the world, they are popular in China as the recent stock rout has investors turning to fixed-income products for safety.
Pension funds looking overseas for solutions
Pension funds around the world are increasingly looking beyond their borders to address their investment needs, a report by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry revealed.
Asia ex-Japan equity funds see $8.8bn in outflows
August saw the greatest monthly outflows from emerging markets of all times. Asia, the origin of last month’s global market correction, was particularly hard hit.
Mixed asset sees huge capital inflows
In Asia, first half figures from Strategic Insight show $192bn flowed into mixed asset funds and total new net flows doubled compared to the same period last year.
Could ETF takeup surge in Asia?
In Asia, ETFs have trouble gathering assets. But Geir Espeskog, managing director of iShares, believes his firm’s Asia AUM could grow 4x over several years, following a pattern in the US.
Lion Global closes $393m PE fund
The S$550m fund intends to invest in small and medium-sized companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China.
Some QDII funds facing shutdown
Manulife Teda will decide on liquidation of its QDII, highlighting the general underperformance of the QDII vehicle.
Record inflows for Japan-listed ETFs
Exchange traded products listed in Japan have attracted record net new assets in the first seven months of the year, driven by inflows in equity ETFs, according to ETFGI.
Hong Kong fund sales plunge
Hong Kong net fund sales dropped by 50% in the first six months of 2015, new figures reveal.
