Old Mutual Global Investors has expanded its Asian equities team, hiring Diamond Lee of Ignis Asset Management as portfolio manager.
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Investor education critical in Asia
High product churn and the ability to meet investor demand for higher income from financial products are among the challenges in Asia, said Alexander Henderson, managing director for Asia, in part two of an interview with Fund Selector Asia.
HK Sing investors keen on income investing
A majority of investors in both Singapore and Hong Kong hold income-generating products and a sizeable number intend to invest in them in 2015, a trend attributed in part to demographic change, according to a BlackRock study.
East Capital frontier market fund
The fund house believes its experience investing in the relationship-based cultures of Eastern Europe has direct application to frontier market investing, said Tim Umberger, senior adviser.
New index series to be launched on Stock Connect
China Exchanges Services Company will launch a new index series on the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect on 15 December.
Henderson sets aggressive Asia growth targets
Over the next five years, Henderson Global Investors intends to increase the source of AUM from Asia to 15% of total from the current 3%, double regional headcount and develop local products, said Alexander Henderson, managing director, Asia.
Rethink Emerging Markets
In a sponsored viewpoint, Capital Group investment specialist Andy Budden shares five key ways to capture investment opportunities in emerging markets.
Buying bad EM stories
The emerging markets story about billions of people growing wealthier and adopting Western consumption patterns has sent valuations soaring, and it’s better to buy bad companies that can improve, argues Robert Secker, investment specialist at M&G Investments.
China interest rates cut
In an unexpected move late Friday, China cut interest rates for the first time in over two years in an effort to drive economic growth.
Hunt for yield in 2015
The search for yield and income should remain the key focus for investors in 2015 as the divergent monetary policies of the US, Europe and Japan, unprecedented since the global financial crisis, could lead to a rise in market volatility, according to JP Morgan Asset Management.
