Japan’s aggressive quantitative easing program is on track to far exceed US balance sheet expansion, but will it boost equities in 2015?
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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.
iShares captures one third of global ETF flows
BlackRock attracted $102.8bn in new inflows in its iShares business in 2014, driven by interest in its US and European products, particularly from Asian and Latin American clients.
The separate paths of emerging markets
Emerging markets are really diverging markets, writes the BlackRock Investment Institute in its 2015 Investment Outlook Report, and prudent investors will have to exercise very active risk management and live with longer holding periods.
Asia ex-Japan funds 2014
Investments in the Indian and Chinese markets helped the top performing Asia ex-Japan equity funds to boost their returns in 2014.
Indian equities vulnerable to disappointments
Heading into 2015, Indian equities could be disappointing as valuations have already been pushed up on the back of optimism over reforms from the new government, according to Matthews Asia.
