The Securities and Futures Commission has established a fintech contact point and set up an advisory group as fintech momentum builds.
Category: News
Morningstar launches ESG ratings for funds
The research firm has introduced a rating system that helps investors evaluate funds based on environmental, social and governance factors.
SLI: China risks overplayed
Chinese authorities face tough choices, but a full blown financial crisis is unlikely, said Alex Wolf, emerging markets economist for Standard Life Investments.
Further expansion planned as Jupiter reports strong full year inflows
A more than 100% increase in net inflows for the full year to 2015, saw Jupiter Fund Management report a rise in total assets under management to £35.7bn ($49.7bn) from £31.9bn.
Fidelity hires Blackrock exec to head Asia products
Doug Walls will serve in the newly-created role of product development head for Asia-Pacific and Japan, the firm said.
Asia’s $62.4bn outflows into RE set record high
In 2015, Asian outbound real estate investment soared 37% year-on-year as investors seek alternatives in a low yield environment, according to CBRE Asia-Pacific Research.
China has a credit problem and it knows it
Anybody who says that China doesn’t have a credit problem is lying because when that much credit is pumped into the system there is no way that every single loan is a sound investment, according to Schroders’ head of Asian equities Singapore, Lee King Fuei.
SFC swaps out an executive director
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has appointed Julia Leung as executive director of its intermediaries division.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 26 Feb 16
M&G goes equity; Nordea AM comes of age; Buffet wisdom vs Buffet performance; Navigator vs iFast; Global debt in real time; Brexit and the movies; PIMCO and Google; and much more.
Another look at the fragile five
Market volatility in the five vulnerable economies was muted during December, when US interest rates were raised.
