The mutual recognition of funds (MRF) initiative will eventually result in a wave of ETF houses bringing products to Hong Kong, said Toby Bland, chief executive of Enhanced Investment Products in Hong Kong.
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Principal Global aims to use MRF
Principal Global Investors intends to distribute funds through the mutual recognition of funds initiative, and is in talks with joint venture partner China Construction Bank about mainland products, said Kirk West, head of international offices and chief executive officer of Asia.
China response to the potential equity bubble
Sandra Crowl, member of Carmignac Gestion’s investment strategy committee, examines how structural reforms and liberalisation of the financial markets will keep the limelight on China in 2015.
H-shares to benefit from mutual recognition of funds
The mutual recognition of funds initiative will act as a catalyst in re-rating offshore China equities and Hong Kong’s undervalued H-share market will be the first to benefit from inflows, according to Mansfield Mok, fund manager at EFG Asset Management.
The case for fee based model
EXS Capital’s fee-based discretionary model is rare in Asia, but Jessica Cutrera, managing director of the firm’s wealth management arm, believes there’s a huge opportunity for more.
Swan warns of bubbling in China
Some segments are trading at 80-100 times price-to-earnings and there are “signs of exuberance” in the domestic market, said Andrew Swan, BlackRock’s head of Asian equities.
Institutional investors on tail risk events
Institutional investors in Asia-Pacific are more concerned about tail risk events such as oil price shocks, new asset bubbles or geopolitical tensions compared to their global counterparts, according to a study by Allianz Global Investors.
A bubble in China inflated markets
“From an equity market perspective, all classic signs of a bubble are out there,” he said. He warned that the amount of money that inexperienced and first-time investors are borrowing on margin to buy stocks is uncomfortably high. “The margin debt in China as a share of its stock market is higher than during […]
Financial and industrial sectors have been good China bets
The two sectors have been strong performers due to various reasons. In the financial sector, banks have benefitted from a loosening monetary policy, which is expected to continue this year. The People’s Bank of China has cut both interest rate and banks’ cash reserve requirement ratio three times each since November to combat an economic […]
Moderate return expectations from Europe
Following the European Central Bank’s massive quantitative easing programme, which was announced in November last year, European equities have rallied perhaps a bit too much, according to the firm. “Given that valuations are sitting at a 10-year high on a forward price-to-earnings metric, strong earnings growth is increasingly necessary to justify these valuations,” the firm […]
