The firm intends to launch its first onshore fund and apply for a qualified domestic limited partnership (QDLP) licence, according to Mark Li, Shanghai-based general manager and head of China sales at Fullerton Investment Management (Shanghai).

The firm intends to launch its first onshore fund and apply for a qualified domestic limited partnership (QDLP) licence, according to Mark Li, Shanghai-based general manager and head of China sales at Fullerton Investment Management (Shanghai).
Environmental and clean-technology companies in China are likely to be good bets as Chinese authorities increase spending to address alarming environmental problems, according to East Capital.
China’s increasingly complex financial system “has sown financial stability risks”, and high yield products from asset managers are part of the problem, the IMF said in its recent report.
Aberdeen Standard Investments joins UBS AM, Fidelity and a handful of others with concrete plans to launch an onshore China fund after being granted a private fund management (PFM) licence by the Asset Management Association of China.
Blackrock, Rongtong and KB Asset Management were among the firms that received RQFII or QFII quotas in November, according to records from China’s State Administration for Foreign Exchange.
China’s regulator has clarified its position on the halt of Hong Kong equity fund approvals and released some rules for firms intending to launch them.
China’s proposed rules for asset management should have minimal impact on foreign asset managers, which tend to have a high-level of transparency and adequate risk-control measures in place, said Xingdong Chen, chief China economist at BNP Paribas (China).
To support market stability, China’s regulator has told mainland fund houses not to yield to redemption pressure on their A-share holdings, according to local media.
The China unit of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital has bought a stake in Income Partners, underscoring how asset managers are making technology adoption a top priority.
The mainland joint ventures of First State, HSBC and Invesco are among the firms awaiting approval for Hong Kong equity funds, which the regulator is said to have halted due to concern over a surging Hong Kong stock market, local media reported.
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