More sophisticated family offices demand more complex products.

More sophisticated family offices demand more complex products.
The purchase of Degroof Petercam has boosted assets and broadened the scale of the wealth manager’s products and services.
An underappreciated risk to growth is the potential escalation of a trade war, depending on global reactions to US tariffs, warns Amundi’s Mahmood Pradhan.
Macroeconomic challenges still persist in China and need to be addressed, according to AXA IM’s Asia chief investment officer Ecaterina Bigos.
The resilience of Asian domestic economies could withstand higher trade tariffs, say market strategists.
Hong Kong-based investment firm Chartwell Capital has entered into a strategic partnership with SPARX Asia Investment Advisors Limited.
Some of the biggest actively managed China equity funds have not kept up the pace with the rally in Chinese markets year-to-date.
A handful of ETFs tracking Chinese equities are outpacing the S&P 500 index year-to-date after breaking out of multiyear lows.
Eastspring is also buying China stocks on cheap valuations.
The portfolio manager believes China is likely to follow a path similar to that of Japan’s ‘lost decade’.
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