HSBC Private Bank has been reprimanded and fined for failing to record around 6000 client order phone calls in two separate incidents over a 10-month period.

HSBC Private Bank has been reprimanded and fined for failing to record around 6000 client order phone calls in two separate incidents over a 10-month period.
Bill Maldonado, chief investment officer at HSBC Global Asset Management, has questioned defensive strategies as these names have become expensive in the last 12 months.
At the same time, Chinese investors have continued to pour money this year into Hong Kong-domiciled funds sold in the mainland via the MRF scheme.
This week FSA presents a quick comparison of two India equity products: the Franklin India Fund and the HSBC GIF Indian Equity Fund.
HSBC Private Bank retirement; Changes at Aviva Investors and China Asset Management; Structured products; Insti and wholesale merge; advertising and much more.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has forged an agreement with the banks to distribute GSAM’s funds to retail investors in Hong Kong.
The best emerging market funds are those which have stuck to the four countries first promoted as the Bric nations by Goldman Sachs 18 years ago.
Managers of Latin American equity funds have several country options, but just sticking with Brazil would have boosted returns.
This week FSA presents a quick comparison of two Latin America equity products: the Aberdeen Standard SICAV Latin American Fund and the HSBC GIF Brazil Equity Fund.
The year-to-date China rally demonstrates the only certainty in the mainland market: wild annual swings.
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