Investors with an appetite for China’s new technology opportunities should look to sectors where they are applied, rather than overvalued tech companies, argues Johan Jooste, chief investment officer at Bank of Singapore.

Investors with an appetite for China’s new technology opportunities should look to sectors where they are applied, rather than overvalued tech companies, argues Johan Jooste, chief investment officer at Bank of Singapore.
Chinese banks, seen as risky by many investors, are looking attractive in 2018 due to ongoing reforms, said Ken Peng, Citi Private Bank investment strategist for Asia-Pacific, who also likes China’s industrial sector.
Assets in China’s private fund industry grew to reach RMB 13.9trn ($2.16trn), doubled since 2015, according to data from the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC).
A former private banking head at Standard Chartered Bank in China has been charged by Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) this week with accepting a bribe.
China’s growth will provide regional opportunities in infrastructure, financials and consumer products, said Fan Cheuk-wan, HSBC Private Bank head of investment strategy in Asia.
ETF Connect, the scheme that aims to link the exchange-traded fund markets of Hong Kong and mainland China, is expected to launch by the end of 2018, according to Sally Wong, CEO of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association.
Sluggish demand for smartphones and curbs on property market are likely to hinder major gains in technology and property sectors in China in 2018, argues Helen Zhu, Blackrock’s head of China equities.
Netherlands’ APG Asset Management, Duke University and Singapore Consortium Investment Management were among the firms that received QFII or RQFII quotas in December, according to records from China’s State Administration for Foreign Exchange.
BEA Union Investment’s Asian Bond and Currency (ABC) Fund has gained approval to be sold on the mainland under the China-Hong Kong Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF) scheme, according to a statement from the firm.
Fidelity’s investment-management wholly foreign-owned enterprise (IM WFOE) has launched two new funds while Blackrock and Schroders obtain private fund management (PFM) licences for their WFOEs.
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