Schroders, JP Morgan Asset Management and M&G Investments are among the firms with re-evaluated products.
Tag: Morningstar
Thai investors take profits from foreign investments
In 2019, Thai investors favoured domestic fund products, despite their lower returns compared with foreign investments, according to Morningstar.
Morningstar Asia fund review – January 2020
First State, Capital Group and Schroders are among the firms with re-evaluated products as Morningstar’s enhanced ratings framework ripples through the fund universe.
SFC to relax regs on foreign-listed ETFs
Hong Kong’s regulator is responding to the demand for access to the plethora of offshore-listed ETFs.
PFM holders take aim at China’s retail investors
Foreign asset managers with private fund management (PFM) licences are planning to convert their licences to sell mutual funds to domestic retail investors.
What Hong Kong’s ETF market lacks
The world’s two largest passive product providers are set up in Hong Kong, but there is no substantial investor education on ETFs.
Passives drive equity fund flows in China
Chinese regulators have been convincing domestic players to launch more index funds and ETFs, with the aim of institutionalising the stock market.
Strong fee emphasis to shakeup Morningstar ratings
Around 700 funds available in Asia are part of the firm’s global ratings revamp; downgrades will outnumber upgrades by 2-1 with active funds most vulnerable.
Onshore active funds underperform passives
China-domiciled funds are not much different from counterparts in the rest of the world in terms of active vs passive performance, according to Morningstar.
Thai investors flee foreign funds
Thailand fund activity in the third quarter was marked by outflows from foreign equity and bond funds, according to a recent Morningstar report.
