The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Phillip Securities $1m for failings in selling a fund to four clients who lost their investment.
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Institutional investors on tail risk events
Institutional investors in Asia-Pacific are more concerned about tail risk events such as oil price shocks, new asset bubbles or geopolitical tensions compared to their global counterparts, according to a study by Allianz Global Investors.
Maybank launches ASEAN approved fund in Malaysia
The Maybank Bosera Greater China ASEAN Equity-I Fund seeks to tap opportunities in Greater China and ASEAN.
Franklin Templeton fund
The FTIF Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund aims to offer capital appreciation with lower volatility relative to equity markets by allocating its assets across multiple alternative strategies. The product was launched in September last year in the US following Franklin’s 2012 acquisition of K2 Advisors, a hedge fund solutions provider. “In today’s volatile, low interest […]
Vanguard launches first S&P 500 ETF
Vanguard, which now has five ETFs in Hong Kong, said the total expense ratio (TER) of the new fund would be 0.25% annually, making it the lowest cost US equity ETF available in the special administrative region of China. “Today’s launch of the Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the Hong […]
Nomura launches 2 Japan ETFs
“The ETFs will allow investors to gain exposure to Japanese equities while reducing the impact on their portfolios of potential Japanese yen depreciation against those currencies,” Nomura said. The products were launched under Nomura’s Next Funds, the brand for its ETF range, which has $52.7bn in assets under management. The products will track the performance […]
Fidelity America Vs Janus US Twenty
However, the first quarter proved to be the weakest since 2012 for the earnings per share of S&P-listed companies. The strong dollar and low oil prices dragged down earnings, according to JP Morgan Asset Management. While the firm expects EPS growth to rebound later this year, it warned that investors should lower their return expectations to […]
East Capital gets HK asset management license
The firm set up its Hong Kong office in 2007 and has been investing in Asia since 2010. “We have ambitious plans for further growth in the region as we see increasing interest for our Asian products from our global investor base,” said Karine Hirn, partner and co-founder of the firm. Hirn leads the Hong […]
HEAD-TO-HEAD: BlackRock Global Allocation vs Schroders Global Multi-Asset Income
For one thing, when market valuations across various asset classes start to look stretched, investing in multi-asset funds is one way of reducing concentrated risk, according to Karen Tan, director and head of global wealth solutions in Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management. Moreover, market volatility has been rising, and multi-asset products help to smooth performance […]
China and Japan dominate fund flows
Resurgent markets and easy monetary policies in China and Japan helped drive new inflows, with China representing $30.9bn, almost the same as Japan with $30.8bn. Looking at asset classes, concern over volatility likely contributed to the robust capital flows into mixed flexible (mixed asset) products, which accounted for $27.4bn in capital flows. A major […]
