China’s epic infrastructure project, ‘one belt one road’, is getting its own index, according to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. But OBOR does not excite fund managers.
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Taiwan’s L&I ETFs on the rise
Products from Yuanta Securities Investment Trust are the latest leveraged and inverse (L&I) ETFs listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, according to records from the bourse.
BOCHK fund hits MRF asset limit
The BOCHK All Weather China High Yield Bond Fund has stopped subscriptions after it approached the 50% limit of assets gathered in the mainland as MRF fund flows increased.
Value investing in emerging markets
EM value investors tend to give corporate governance a deep dive, unlike smart-beta value ETFs, argues Robert Secker, investment director for emerging market equities at M&G.
JP Morgan, Blackrock funds key to FE 100 changes
FE Advisory Asia has replaced seven funds in its semi-annual review of the top 100 mutual funds authorised by the SFC for sale to investors in Hong Kong.
BoS: Choose income as world enters neutral mode
Investors are advised to get into strategies that provide income, such as dividend-paying stocks or high-yield bonds, now that the global economy has entered into a “period of moderation”, according to Johan Jooste, Bank of Singapore’s chief investment officer.
BEA, Harvest to test Swiss-HK MRF scheme
Harvest Global Investments became the first fund house to apply for the mutual fund cross-border sales scheme to tap Swiss investors, and BEA Union Investment intends to follow.
OMGI: The silver bull cycle has begun
Silver and gold are expected to be in demand as long as interest rates do not speed ahead of the inflation rate, said Ned Naylor-Leyland, fund manager of the Old Mutual Gold and Silver Fund.
Which EM fixed income funds are the most and least expensive?
FSA takes a look at the Hong Kong universe, where there are 62 SFC-authorised emerging market fixed income funds.
HK sets exam waiver for AM licenses
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission is smoothing the way for more asset management licenses by relaxing some regulations.
