Fund selectors plan to increase their European, US and emerging market equity allocations but remain largely unmoved on Japanese stocks despite a strong upturn in fund manager sentiment on this asset class according to research by Expert Investor Europe in the first quarter of 2013.
Two emerging market funds appear in the list of the top ten funds most searched for by Morningstar.co.uk, as sentiment towards the sector shifts.
As equity indices gain traction, investors are selling out of gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at quite a pace, according to data provided by Coutts.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has unveiled details of a new fund partnership programme, Access, which will see it deliver a new range of services for its fund partners in return for the best terms.
Eyeing the growing opportunities in the Islamic investment space, Threadneedle Investments today announced its foray in the Malaysian market with plans to offer Shariah-compliant products.
Financial LAB is moving its products into the South East Asian market, registering two specialised investment funds for sale to accredited investors in Singapore.
Wells Fargo Asset Management has made many of its sub-funds available in Singapore for the first time through two of that country’s largest third-party mutual fund distribution platforms: iFAST and PhillipCapital.
Is it possible to impose science on the very human art of fund management? It is tempting to believe the skill of the best fund managers cannot be quantified, or indeed replicated, but a new technology system aims to do just that.
Partnering with other platforms and offering funds and services locally is absolutely key, says BlackRock’s managing director head of EMEA retail business, Alex Hoctor-Duncan.
JP Morgan Asset Management plans to rationalise its US and Asian fund ranges in 2014 in a similar exercise to that undertaken for its European range.
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