Two mutual funds in Thailand and one in Hong Kong were among the 10 best-selling newly-launched products in Asia-Pacific in 2017, according to a Broadridge Financial report.
Category: Research
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Blackrock vs Schroders
FSA compares two APAC ex-Japan equity products: the Blackrock Asian Dragon Fund and the Schroder ISF Asian Opportunities Fund.
China’s mutual fund industry in two charts
The domination of China’s domestic mutual fund market by money market funds becomes apparent from looking at two charts.
Robo-advisor performance January 2018
FSA joins the robo-advisor discussion with its monthly feature showing portfolio returns of three robo-advisors serving clients in Asia.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Alliance Bernstein vs JP Morgan
FSA compares two emerging market equity products: the AB Emerging Markets Growth Portfolio and the JP Morgan Emerging Markets Equity Fund.
What’s behind the rally in Chinese banks?
China’s big state-owned banks have rallied around 18% on average in January in contrast to 2017, when they lagged the broader China equity indices. What is driving them?
Global heavyweights quietly setting up in China
Seven of the world’s ten biggest asset managers have entered mainland China so far, by setting up an investment management wholly foreign owned enterprise (IM WFOE), according to a report by Shanghai-based Z-Ben Advisors.
Which HK funds gathered the most assets in 2017?
JP Morgan handily beat all rivals in gathering new assets in its Hong Kong-domiciled bond and mixed asset funds, as investors retreated from pure equity products, Morningstar data shows.
Northbound MRF inflows weaker in 2017
The stronger renminbi may be behind a decline in sales of offshore fund products on the mainland via Mutual Recognition of Funds in 2017, said Rex Lo, BEA Union Investment’s managing director for business development.
APAC fund assets forecast: Up 75% in four years
Total mutual fund and ETF assets in Asia-Pacific passed the $3trn mark in 2017 and are expected to hit $5.2trn by 2021, according to a Broadridge Financial Solutions report.
