The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published proposed regulations, enshrining Americas controversial tax Act FATCA into law.
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Principal Global to build Asia compliance team
Principal Global Investors is expanding its compliance team to address increasing regulations, and the firm has appointed AXA Investment Manager’s Daniel Lam as compliance director.
Amundi overweight on China equities
Amundi Group’s global allocation is overweight China equities as the group plans to expand in Asia, according to Pascal Blanqué, chief executive officer.
Is it time to revisit EM allocations
Despite a poor September, emerging markets seem to once more be back on investors’ radar.
Morningstar Rate hike
A hike in US interest rates has been long anticipated by the market and has already been priced in, argues Jin Tao, director, Morningstar Investment Management, Asia.
Robeco Group outlines Japan expansion plans
Netherlands-headquartered Robeco Group has unveiled its strategy to set up full-scale operations and expand its asset management business in Japan.
Zurich fund buyers have faith in three arrows
Zurich’s fund selectors are way more enthusiastic about Japanese equities than their counterparts in any other country.
Unigestion launches private asset allocator tool
Unigestion has launched a tool that will enable institutional investors to determine their allocations between various private assets on a systematic and quantifiable basis.
OMGI plucks top BlackRock fund manager
Old Mutual Global Investors has hired Joshua Crabb as the head of Asian equities, supported by two other new hires, analysts Kris Whitlock and Dmitry Lapidus.
Eastspring Investments strengthens marketing team
Eastspring Investments has strengthened its marketing team, hiring BlackRocks Christian Fleischer as head of marketing and Aviva Investors Tio Yang Phen for the role of director, investment marketing.
