Raiz Invest has inked a joint venture agreement with Malaysia’s PNB after setting up in Indonesia last year.
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Valuations push JPM to trim equities
Some equities were trimmed from the JP Morgan mixed-asset fund because the average valuation reached the upper-end of the firm’s projection, said Julie Ho, co-manager of the firm’s Asia-Pacific Income Fund.
In case you missed it (16 March 2018)
Franklin Templeton and Samsung AM to establish JV in Korea; Nippon Life to acquire 5% stake in Deutsche AM IPO; UBS AM launches RMB fixed income fund to professional investors in Hong Kong and Singapore; majority of funds in Australia underperform; MAS and Singapore Police to jointly investigate all financial advisory offences; MSCI launches 12 new China indexes; and more…
Thai feeder fund among Asia’s best-sellers
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.
Japan and Australia move towards ARFP
Japan and Australia have announced regulatory initiatives aimed to bring them closer to full implementation of the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) scheme in 2018.
APAC’s largest managers hit $6.9trn AUM
Asset managers in Asia-Pacific have reached $6.9 trn of AUM in 2016, up 1.3% from the previous year, according to a study by Willis Towers Watson.
Natixis pushes into Aussie market with IML purchase
Natixis Global Asset Management will acquire a majority stake in Australia’s Investors Mutual Limited (IML), which will enable the firm to take advantage of the domestic retail market and the $1.78trn superannuation industry.
In case you missed it – Markets and Funds News Updates
Value Partners names Yu Xiaobao as head of China business; UBP’s operating expenses increase due to Coutts Asia integration; Blackrock’s ETF assets breach $1.5trn mark; Cerulli expects global mutual fund assets to hit $100trn by 2020; Singapore’s fintech association rolls out a comprehensive fintech directory; BofAML sees global fund firms allocate more to Japanese equities; Australia launches its first stewardship code for fund firms; and more…
In case you missed it – Funds and Asset Management Updates
Aviva Investors names Charles Wong as head of Asia wholesale distribution; Pinebridge poaches APAC marketing exec from SSgA; a fintech association launches in Hong Kong; fintech agreements in Singapore and Malaysia; CSOP’s China ETF sees huge inflows following MSCI’s China inclusion announcement; and more…
Long view is key to infrastructure investing
Big infrastructure spending announcements aren’t necessarily on the radar of infra fund managers, said Warryn Robertson, portfolio manager of the Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure Fund.
