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.
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The FSA Spy market buzz – 04 November 2016
Jupiter hires; Zurich veteran resurfaces; HSBC’s sales; Citibank’s strategy; marketing dilemmas and much more.
Citi expects volatile second half
Don’t be misled by the lazy summer, risk management now has high importance, according to Roger Bacon, Citi Private Bank’s Asia-Pacific head of managed investments.
The FSA Spy market buzz – 04 Mar 16
Change at Citibank; UBS ads not resonating; Credit Suisse restructure and regrets; Hong Kong fund selector views; SPDR is advertising, and much more.
Citi Private Bank unfazed by A-share rout
“A degree of froth has come out of China’s market” and the bank’s fundamental view remains “very positive”, said Roger Bacon, Asia-Pacific head of managed investments, who shared his second half outlook with Fund Selector Asia.
Asia ‘behind curve’ in use of passive strategies
Global flows into exchange-traded funds may be steadily rising, but ETF usage is lagging among wealthy clients in Asia, according to Roger Bacon, Asia-Pacific head of managed investments at Citi Private Bank.
Wealth management review
Bet on contrarian funds, not the top performers; Asian banks hunting for talent in Europe; Wealth management a drag on Australian banks.
Citibank sees more fund choices as Thai regulatory knot loosens
Expectations are that banks in Thailand will soon be able to offer a far wider range of global funds to clients as regulations relax, said Vira-anong Phutrakul, managing director and head of retail banking at Citibank in Bangkok.
UBS appoints new China country head
Qian replaces David Li, who left the firm in September last year, a spokesman said. Qian has 20 years of experience in China/Hong Kong banking and worked as president and board director of Citi China. At Citi, he was responsible for corporate and investment banking strategy as well as the consumer banking businesses. He joined […]
Citibank sees spike in discretionary business
In Asia, the bank had a dramatic flow into fixed income mandates in the second half due to client uncertainties in regards to the looming US rate hike.
