Manulife Asset Management has appointed Frederick Reidenbach as CFO for its Asian wealth and asset management arm, and Grace Ho as CMO for the same business unit.
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SFC bans Nomura trader for 30 months
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has banned Masashi Yonezawa, a former trader at Nomura Hong Kong, for “deliberate and dishonest” conduct.
HKEx: Despite a wild ride, the Connect has been mainly successful
Nearly one year after launch, the Stock Connect has largely been a success in terms of what regulators set out to do, though much more needs to be done, according to Tae Yoo, head of client business development in the global markets division for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Q3: The best of the worst markets
Key global market indices plunged into negative territory during the third quarter. Where were the signs of strength?
HK’s SFC bans Ping An trader
Hong Kong’s securities regulator slapped an eight-year ban on a former licensed representative of Ping An Securities and in a separate action set a date for a hearing involving HSBC Private Bank.
First State to rename funds to Stewart
First State will rebrand specific funds, including three equity funds available in Asia, following the July split of the First State Stewart investment division into two entities.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 09 Oct 15
A new head for RBC Investment Management in Asia, State Street raises assets in Thailand, Julius Baer and UBS disagree on Japan, GAM gets inactive, pain for Pimco, SLI, Columbia Threadneedle and Jupiter are on the streets and much more!
Henderson hires from two rivals to grow Asian team
Henderson Global Investors (Henderson) has hired two portfolio managers from rival firms Lloyd George Management and Franklin Templeton, in line with its strategy to grow its Asia ex-Japan equity products.
Chinese ETFs see unprecedented capital inflows
While money market ETFs are losing their attractiveness due to near zero interest rates in most parts of the world, they are popular in China as the recent stock rout has investors turning to fixed-income products for safety.
T.Rowe Price names veteran new Asian head of intermediary sales
T.Rowe Price has appointed Elsie Chan as its Asian head of intermediary sales (ex-Japan, ex-Australia).
