UBS: ‘Valuations are at extraordinary levels while company fundamentals remain ordinary’
UBS Investment Bank has taken the contrarian approach of underweighting India and overweighting China.
State Street launches Quality Aristocrats ETF range
Its focus is on companies with a long-term record of free cashflow generation.
Federated Hermes bets on Asian structural growth in wealth
More sophisticated family offices demand more complex products.
Balancing act: Are concentrated markets good for long-term gains?
Morningstar’s Michael Born discusses whether there is any longevity in returns being generated by a few market leaders.
‘Nothing has changed and yet everything has changed’: FSA Breakfast Briefing Equities
Panellists at the recent Fund Selector Asia Breakfast Briefing events in Hong Kong and Singapore felt that Trump’s pro-growth policies would outweigh the impact of tariffs.
Is the end of the Magnificent Seven nigh?
Very much ‘the’ story of 2023, this year has proved to be more challenging for these mega-cap stocks.
Japanese small caps: Too many cooks
Japan has twice as many listed companies as the world’s largest equity market, and the TSE aims to cut the dead wood.
DWS expects 20% plus jump in equities in 2025
The asset manager warned at the same time that negative events could weigh on market sentiment.
Active China equity funds lag amid breakout month
Some of the biggest actively managed China equity funds have not kept up the pace with the rally in Chinese markets year-to-date.
Asia ex Japan equities: abrdn versus Schroder
As part of FSA’s head-to-head series, we compare the abrdn Asia Pacific Sustainable Equity fund and the Schroder ISF Asian Opportunities fund.
China is no longer cheap or oversold: TT International’s Robertson
The portfolio manager believes China is likely to follow a path similar to that of Japan’s ‘lost decade’.
Morningstar: Thematic fund assets double in past five years despite volatility
However, the sector has experienced volatility and inconsistency.
RHBAM launches enhanced income strategy
The RHB Asian Income funds feed into the Schroder Asian Income fund.
Federated Hermes: ‘vested interests in Korea resist change’
Jonathan Pines, lead portfolio manager for Asia ex-Japan at Federated Hermes, explains what it will take to tackle the Korea discount.
Fidelity launches an all-cap strategy in Asia
The fund managers expect to find uncorrelated, diversified opportunities across the range of market cap stocks.
Morningstar sees a structural shift in Asean investment landscape
New economy stocks are shifting the composition of Southeast Asia’s investible universe, says Morningstar.
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FSA SPY
The FSA Spy market buzz – 13 December 2024
M&G’s positive outlook; Wisdom from Schroders’s podcast; Alliance Bernstein on the power of curiosity; Janus Henderson on responsible AI; China’s retirement revolution; Apple and much more.
