Coordinating with the head office, keeping up with local regulations, branding and distribution are top challenges when establishing an investment management wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) with a private fund management (PFM) licence in China, according to industry sources.
A downgrade for a Blackrock product and upgrades for Robeco, T Rowe, Xtracker, Parvest and two Fidelity funds, according to the firm’s monthly note to clients.
Southeast Asia equities will likely be buoyed by economic growth in 2018, but real estate developers in the sub-region have hit the performance of the Fidelity Asean Fund, managed by Gillian Kwek.
Downgrades for Fidelity, Franklin and Investec products and upgrades for two Pimco funds in the firm’s monthly note to clients.
The ECB will cut the size of its monthly asset purchases to €30bn ($34.9bn) from January next year, ECB-president Mario Draghi announced on Thursday. Bond and equity markets as well as the euro hardly responded to the announcement.
Change at Fidelity; Standard Chartered and BNP Paribas WM hire; ICBC goes global; Blackrock and tech; Hugh Young on Asia; Hubris and investing; Gold and beer and much more.
Fidelity International is the first major asset manager to make a switch to a “value for money” charging structure. The asset manager will give money back to clients when its funds underperform.
JP Morgan AM hires; Fidelity and the Asian financial crisis; Hedge funds live; HSBC thinks tech; Nordea’s AUM; OCBC gets honest; Neuberger joins the chorus; and much more.
FSA compares the Fidelity India Focus Fund with the First State Indian Subcontinent Fund.
The Chinese government’s warning on financial risk this week has put pressure on the country’s equity and bonds markets.
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