Is a ten-year investment forecast really possible? Baring Asset Management has provided one, and the firm claims its previous decade-long predictions were fairly close to actual results.
Category: Research
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Fidelity vs Schroders
This week Fund Selector Asia takes a look at two funds that seek to invest in emerging Asian markets.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Allianz vs JP Morgan China A-share products
As the mainland markets open wider to foreign investment, Fund Selector Asia looks at the performance of two funds that invest in China’s onshore market.
AUM of mainland firms in Hong Kong leaps 81%
In 2014, mainland asset management firms accounted for HK$988bn ($127bn) or 5.6% of Hong Kong’s fund management business, the SFC said.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: BOC-Prudential vs ChinaAMC
Asian investors have lagged behind developed market investors in using exchange traded funds, but this could change over the medium-term. Fund Selector Asia compares two ETFs tracking the CSI 300 Index.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Fidelity Strategic Bond vs M&G Optimal Income
This week’s Head-to-Head sees the Fidelity Strategic Bond Fund take on the M&G Optimal Income Fund.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: HSBC Vs PineBridge small-cap funds
Given the rise in market volatility, Fund Selector Asia compares two top-performing small-cap products: the HSBC Asia ex-Japan Equity Smaller Companies Fund and the PineBridge Asia ex-Japan Small Cap Equity Fund.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Aberdeen vs First State
Fund Selector Asia compares two well-known products that invest in the region: the Aberdeen Global Asia-Pacific Equity Fund and the First State Asia-Pacific Select Fund.
Morgan Stanley vs Templeton
HEAD-TO-HEAD. The global fixed income market is undergoing a period of high volatility. While the European authorities are in final negotiation stages to save Greece from a potential default, the US looks set to hike interest rates sometime this year.
Survey: Global investors favour equities
Half of global investors believe there will be a rotation from bonds to equities over the next three years, according to a survey by Principal Global Investors.
