JP Morgan Asset Management has received an Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor licence from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for its Singapore business.
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MG keen on adding India Indonesia debt
M&G Investments is looking to add selective allocations to local currency debt in countries like India and Indonesia, said Claudia Calich, emerging markets debt fund manager.
StanChart to shut equities activity
Institutional cash equities, equity research and equity capital markets are loss-making units that the bank will shed, impacting 200 jobs.
HK regulators in boiler room clampdown
Backed by court orders, the Securities and Futures Commission froze the online activity of three unlicensed securities trading firms alleged to be engaged in fraudulent schemes.
Japan’s QE and equities
Japan’s aggressive quantitative easing program is on track to far exceed US balance sheet expansion, but will it boost equities in 2015?
Private equity fund raising continues momentum
Private equity fundraising continued its momentum in 2014 with 977 funds raising a total of $486bn, but the capital commitments were spread across the lowest number of funds in any year since 2009, according to Preqin.
HK fund body positive on Stock Connect
A majority of fund houses in Hong Kong intend to use the Stock Connect in 2015 to access the China A-share market, according to a survey by the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association.
ING IM Japan appoints chief executive
ING Investment Management has appointed a new chief executive for the firm’s Japanese division.
Japan small mid cap funds lead the fund tally
The 2014 rally in the Japanese stock market has especially benefited funds invested in the small and mid-cap segments.
Support remains for EM bonds
Jim Leaviss, head of retail fixed interest at M&G Investments, comments on emerging market corporate bond opportunities and developed market default rates.
