The firm aims to launch up to ten funds in Asia in the next 18 months targeting retail investors, according to Madeline Ho, managing director, head of wholesale fund distribution for Asia Pacific at Natixis Global Asset Management..
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Asia’s unexamined small caps are a sea of opportunity
“The number of small-cap companies are increasing. Some local brokerages are bringing in new initial public offers in Korea. New companies are definitely coming up in Hong Kong and China, and India has so many small-caps,” Csellak told Fund Selector Asia. That creates potentially more undiscovered gems for small cap investors willing to do the […]
HSBC to base Henry Lee in UK as global head of alts
Lee will move from Hong Kong to London as part of the promotion, according to several reports. He will continue with his current responsibilities as global head of discretionary investments for the private bank. He will also grow the bank’s alternatives business and embed the alternatives product portfolio – which includes hedge funds, real estate […]
BMO clusters ETFs to offer portfolio strategies
Prakash said BMO is not putting funds together, but portfolio strategies that are actually implemented by the intermediaries. “The implementation happens with respect to the intermediary using their platform and clients benefit from the asset allocation decision. We would work with intermediaries so they are able to offer this to their client base.” ETFs have […]
The HKG government plans another sukuk bond
In connection with a potential second US dollar sukuk, the government said it has given several mandates. HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank are joint global coordinators, joint lead managers and joint bookrunners, and CIMB and National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC are joint lead managers and joint bookrunners. This month, the parties will arrange a […]
Edmond de Rothschild’s Hong Kong CEO quits
The bank confirmed to Fund Selector Asia that Chan has resigned, but said she has not yet left the firm. No further details were disclosed.
Jupiter is extending its UK orbit to Asia
The firm is largely unknown to retail investors outside its UK base, but client servicing, sales and marketing have expanded in Asia, and plans are underway for regionally-focused funds, said CEO Maarten Slendebroek.
Baring sees Stock Connect liquidity as proof of concept
Trading through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect surged to its highest level last month since launching in November. In April, market turnover on the Hong Kong Exchange rose to an all-time high of HK$252.4bn ($32.6bn). There has been a lot of talk about north vs south capital movement, but Stevenson believes that has been overstated […]
OMGI continues Asia push amid tough competition
New fund launches, additional staff and Hong Kong-domiciled funds are part of the plan as the firm continues an aggressive Asia expansion, according to Warren Tonkinson, head of distribution.
Survey: HNWIs reliant on online advice know the least about finance
The gap between perceived versus actual financial knowledge has driven Asian high net worth individuals to increase their investment knowledge, according to the M&G Asia wealth barometer. While wealth managers are the number one resource (55%) for sourcing investment ideas and information, digital media (48%) and friends and family (48%) also followed closely. But investors […]
