HSBC Global Asset Management, China Asset Management and E Fund Management are expected to launch fixed income funds in Hong Kong, according to records from the Securities and Futures Commission.
Category: News
Lessons learned from investment mistakes
Fund managers from NN IP, Janus Henderson, Neuberger Berman and Nikko AM share what they have learned from past investment mistakes.
Value Partners eyes sharia funds, plans US office
Despite a 1H profit slide, Hong Kong-listed Value Partners said it intends to open offices in Malaysia and the US and possibly launch a ‘core China’ fund in Europe.
Vanguard products launch in the Philippines
Manila-based Security Bank Philippines has launched two feeder funds that invest in low cost ETFs managed by Vanguard.
Broadridge reveals top selling products in HK, Singapore
APAC-domiciled passive fund sales outpaced actively-managed products during the second quarter, according to a report by Broadridge Financial.
What Citi PB looks for under the hood
Fund selection involves seeing exactly what’s underneath the sometimes creative description of the product, according to Julie Koo, managing director, head of Citi investment management sales for Asia-Pacific.
Valuations push JPM to trim equities
Some equities were trimmed from the JP Morgan mixed-asset fund because the average valuation reached the upper-end of the firm’s projection, said Julie Ho, co-manager of the firm’s Asia-Pacific Income Fund.
China wants to attract overseas fund talent
Chinese authorities have simplified procedures for Taiwan professionals to work in the fund industry and are now offering the exams in English.
Will Asia’s WM firms outsource more services?
Madrid-headquartered Allfunds believes more Asia-based wealth managers intend to increase outsourcing of investment advisory services, according to Alexis Fosler, Singapore-based general manager for Asia.
Foreign managers continue to move into China
Barings, Income Partners and Van Eck Associates have recently set up in China, while three other firms secured a licence to distribute funds to domestic professional investors.
