Regulators are moving at uncharacteristic speed, signing cross-border fintech agreements, creating `sandboxes’ and talking up the advantages of their home markets as fintech innovation hubs.
Category: News
The Brexit debate: What exactly do we know?
As the British government struggles to trigger an exit from the European Union, fund distribution heads at some of the biggest names in the industry share their thoughts on the implications for their UK and European operations.
Value Partners CEO resigns
Timothy Tse Wai-ming is to “pursue other business interests and opportunities” after working in the Hong Kong-based fund house for 10 years.
HK bans former UOB rep for 10 years
The Securities and Futures Commission has banned Lawrence Lai from re-entering the markets for 10 years after misconduct in trading led to a HK$50m ($6.45m) loss in 2011.
HNWI digital advisory targets Singapore affluent
Crossbridge Capital and Morningstar are collaborating on a newly-launched digital advisory platform that targets HNWIs and US expats, which they believe are under-served in Asia.
Robeco sets up team in China
The advisory type wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) structure allows the Dutch asset manager to conduct on-the-ground research on A-shares and service institutional clients.
EMD flows to reforming sovereigns: SLI
Mark Baker of Standard Life Investments favours reforming sovereigns such as Indonesia over governments that are not on the same track.
ChinaAMC intends to sell 18% stake worth $630m
A 17.8% stake in China’s second largest mutual fund manager is up for sale after the biggest shareholder, CITIC Securities, decided not to top up its holdings.
Amundi new low fee A-share ETF aims at rivals
Amundi hopes its comparatively low-fee FTSE China A50 Index ETF, launched yesterday in Hong Kong, will compete well against rival A-share ETFs from iShares and CSOP.
Ex-BSI wealth planner’s 1MBD trial starts in Singapore
A former BSI Bank wealth planner went on trial in Singapore on Monday for attempting to pervert the course of justice as part of the investigations into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) money laundering scandal.
