When BNY Mellon launched its separately managed accounts (SMA) business, called Spectrum, in January last year, it was described as a “major breakthrough” by the chief executive of the firm’s Asia Pacific SMA business, AJ Harper. The platform partnered with private banks and nine international asset managers – including BlackRock and Henderson – to offer more […]
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UBS introduces wealth management app in Asia
The firm said the app tracks a client’s portfolio, tests it against critical risk factors and sends a notification when the portfolio deviates from the client’s investment strategy. It was developed in response to increasing client preferences for digital solutions in Asia. “We believe Asian clients are more digital than in other parts of the […]
Natixis in Asia retail push
The firm aims to launch up to ten funds in Asia in the next 18 months targeting retail investors, according to Madeline Ho, managing director, head of wholesale fund distribution for Asia Pacific at Natixis Global Asset Management..
Manulife adjusts Korea, India holdings
“We trimmed exposure to India and Korea as we were concerned after the run-up [in markets]. We had different instances when target prices on stocks were reached,” said Csellak in an interview with Fund Selector Asia. Volatile Korea Korea with a 20.7% weighting and India (17%) were still the top country allocations of the Manulife Asian […]
Asia’s unexamined small caps are a sea of opportunity
“The number of small-cap companies are increasing. Some local brokerages are bringing in new initial public offers in Korea. New companies are definitely coming up in Hong Kong and China, and India has so many small-caps,” Csellak told Fund Selector Asia. That creates potentially more undiscovered gems for small cap investors willing to do the […]
Desmond Ng to lead Allianz Global’s Asia business
Eu takes over the role from Brian Gaffne, who will retire at the end of the year, the firm said. Ng will take charge of his role from January 2016. He will also join the firm’s global executive committee. Ng is currently the head of institutional business in Asia-Pacific and chief executive for Greater China […]
Finding cold stocks in a hot region
AB likes to uncover cheap stocks that are out of favour, according to Stuart Rae, chief investment officer of Asia Pacific ex-Japan equities.
Stocks are top of list for global investors – Franklin Templeton
About 57% of investors expect stocks to be among the top performing asset classes, followed by real estate (52%) and precious metals (39%). “Many markets around the world have enjoyed strong performance over the past several years,” said Ed Perks, chief investment officer of Franklin’s equity group. “Investors are optimistic, but that may not be […]
Pioneer Investments, Santander AM to merge
The deal will create a holding company, named Pioneer Investments, with combined assets under management worth €400bn ($431.7bn). According to the deal, UniCredit and private equity firms (Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic) each will own a 50% stake in the holding company, which will in turn own 100% of Pioneer’s US business. For businesses outside […]
JP Morgan appoints Asia head of sovereign and institutional business
Farrell will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities in the market and for providing clients with service and strategic investment advice. Previously Farrell was head of sovereign and institutional business for South and South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She replaces Andrew Economos who left JP Morgan to join Capital Group in May last year. […]
