Roger Bacon, head of Citibank’s managed investments in Asia, sketches the bank’s investment themes for 2015, which he believes will be a challenging year.
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Is the referendum on Abenomics an opportunity
Japan goes to the polls on Sunday with fresh downgrades to measures of the country’s economic performance weighing heavily on voters’ minds.
BNP Paribas starts investment company in Shanghai
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has officially opened an investment firm in Shanghai, which aims to serve China’s institutional investors.
Hong Kong regulators suspend ICBCI broker
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has suspended the licence of a former ICBC International Securities representative for failures in his work on a 2009 IPO.
Lombard Odier partners with Thai bank
The Swiss firm has signed an agreement with Thailand’s Kasikornbank to provide wealth management services to the bank’s private clients and enter a market with the highest HNWI growth in ASEAN.
Coutts Co fined in Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has fined Coutts & Co for allowing an employee to conduct fund management activities without the required authorisation.
Aberdeen sees US driven growth
In 2015, the chase for yield will be even tougher, the US dollar will shine and any treasury bond selloff is likely to be muted, said Victor Rodriguez, head of Asia Pacific fixed income at Aberdeen Asset Management.
Frontier markets attractively priced East Capital
Even after the strong performance of frontier markets in 2014, they remain attractively priced, trading at valuations less than emerging and developed markets, according to East Capital.
China A share exposure boosts fund returns
The top performing funds that tap China’s A-share markets have soared since the Stock Connect launched and China cut interest rates, but they haven’t beat their benchmarks.
Equity products dominate HK fund industry
Hong Kongs fund industry registered a 7.5% rise in net inflows during the first nine months of the year with equity funds dominating more than half of the funds sales, according to Hong Kong Investment Funds Association.
