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How fund managers get an edge in Taiwan
Some foreign managers have exited Taiwan’s growing fund market, but others have found ways to compete.
MAS bans six in misconduct sweep
Banned from providing financial advice services in Singapore are former Citibank, Prudential and AIA employees after they were found to have mis-sold investment products.
Citi pulls from JP Morgan for UHNW role
Continuing a structural reorganisation, Citi Private Bank has poached Timothy Morse to serve as global market manager for Thailand, Malaysia and Brunei.
Former Citi RM slapped with 3-year ban
A former relationship manager at Citibank in Hong Kong was banned for impersonating a female client to make stock trades, according to Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission.
China plans another channel for offshore investment
The planned QDII2 programme will allow Chinese investors direct investment in offshore securities, but it is unlikely to spark interest, according to Stewart Aldcroft, Asia-Pacific senior adviser for markets and securities services at Citibank.
Citi’s Bacon upbeat on world growth
Investor optimism this year is more than a fleeting feeling, according to Roger Bacon, head of investments for Asia-Pacific at Citi Private Bank.
Majority of EM funds underperform
More than half of emerging market equity funds available for sale in Hong Kong and Singapore underperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, FE data shows.
Citi: Sector investing focus for 2017
Sector investing may come back in 2017 and an EM `stability premium’ could develop as the grand economic ideas of the new US administration are put into practice. Roger Bacon, Citi Private Bank’s Asia-Pacific head of managed investment, explains to FSA the 2017 landscape from a fund selector’s perspective.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 04 November 2016
Jupiter hires; Zurich veteran resurfaces; HSBC’s sales; Citibank’s strategy; marketing dilemmas and much more.
