Standard Chartered Private Bank has collaborated with Robeco to provide ESG training to the bank’s relationship managers.
Category: News
HEAD-TO-HEAD: AB versus Blackrock
FSA compares two US large-cap equity funds: the AB Select US Equity Portfolio and the BGF US Flexible Equity Fund.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 3 May 2019
Asset manager results; OCBC and Fidelity; Beyond Meat IPO; The hunt for yield; Margin debts in China; UBS board meeting; Private banking ideas; advertising and much more.
The role of water in stock selection
Investors should consider the interaction between water, energy and food as a guide to future costly environmental regulation, according to T Rowe Price.
Schroders readies ‘all China’ product in HK
The strategy seeks investments in specific China stocks, regardless if the companies are listed onshore or offshore.
In case you missed it (03 May 2019)
Aegon AM hires from Neuberger Berman for key China role; UOB’s wealth and fund businesses’ income down during the first quarter; First State Investments adopts tobacco policy; Private banking salaries and bonuses expected to increase this year; and more…
Bullish Invesco positions bond fund for trade deal
A perfect storm of a US-China tariff deal, renminbi appreciation, investment inflows and domestic reforms will drive Chinese bond prices higher, according to co-manager of the Invesco Asian Bond Fund.
China grants $5bn in inbound quotas
Also in April, China issued additional outbound quotas to five domestic firms after nearly a year of non-issuance.
Risk from China’s trade issues overstated
Concerns about trade tariffs and IP rights in China should not put off foreign investors, according to a regional family office consultant.
China bond investors will be ‘conservative’
The China bond inclusion will bring in investors, though most will aim for low or close to zero credit risk bonds, according to Edmund Goh, Asian fixed income manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments.
