Institutional investors are seeking longer-term real assets with higher returns to address longer life expectancies, according to a BlackRock survey report.
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Hong Kong regulators halt securities firm
The Securities and Futures Commission has frozen the activities of Goodcape Securities Ltd for being insufficiently capitalised.
Managers eyeing opportunities in Japan in 2015
Eastspring, Schroders, Pinebridge and Neptune are among the asset managers aligned in their bullish views on Japan in 2015, citing further improvements in corporate sector earnings on the back of the continued weakening of the yen.
Franklin Templeton plucks Schroders exec
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Alan Young to head its institutional business in Greater China.
Baring to debut with three HK domiciled funds
Early next year, Baring Asset Management expects to launch three maiden Hong Kong-domiciled funds, a move that will prepare the firm for the eventual mutual fund passport recognition between Hong Kong and China.
The best and worst sectors
Two BRIC countries drove the region’s best and worst performance across all equity sectors in 2014, and one country was the focus of the year’s best-performing fund.
JPM AM Aviva Asia acquisition
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has acquired Aviva Investors’ Asia Pacific Real Estate vehicle.
BNY Mellon hires HKG wealth management
BNY Mellon Wealth Management has hired former Oppenheimer & Co director of investments Vivian Chan to serve as wealth director of business development in Hong Kong.
State Street promotes two
State Street has appointed Wai Kwong Seck, currently the head of the firms global services and global markets businesses in Asia Pacific, to its management committee.
Baring keeps energy exposure
Oil prices have not found a floor, but Baring Asset Management believes the market reaction to the collapse is “disproportionate” to realities in the energy sector and will maintain its exposure.
