Aberdeen Standard expands Japan business; State Street creates role for its academic affiliate; Jack Lin joins MSCI’s executive committee; APAC family offices need succession planning; Phillip Capital launches an ETF in Singapore; Mercer and Morningstar team up; and more…
MSCI plans to expand inclusion to smaller China stocks and mid-caps, while UK-based FTSE Russell announced its own additions.
Schroders hires PM from HSBC Global AM; Franklin Templeton names new fixed income CIO; BNY Mellon creates chief economist role; Hong Kong’s private wealth AUM to double by 2023; Willis Towers Watson and MSCI co-develop ESG strategy; MAS introduces new corporate structure for funds; and more…
Robeco has requested that Taiwan’s regulator delist a China equity product because it could exceed the maximum A-share holding limit.
The South Asia chief executive officer of Amundi Asset Management has left the firm following its merger with Pioneer.
Franklin Templeton and Samsung AM to establish JV in Korea; Nippon Life to acquire 5% stake in Deutsche AM IPO; UBS AM launches RMB fixed income fund to professional investors in Hong Kong and Singapore; majority of funds in Australia underperform; MAS and Singapore Police to jointly investigate all financial advisory offences; MSCI launches 12 new China indexes; and more…
Principal Financial Group creates head of Asia ex-Japan role; Nikko Asset Management makes senior personnel changes; Value Partners reduces management fees for its gold ETF; Société Générale launches daily leverage certificates in Singapore; MSCI rolls out two ESG indices; and more…
Aviva Investors names Charles Wong as head of Asia wholesale distribution; Pinebridge poaches APAC marketing exec from SSgA; a fintech association launches in Hong Kong; fintech agreements in Singapore and Malaysia; CSOP’s China ETF sees huge inflows following MSCI’s China inclusion announcement; and more…
While global investors pulled out of China ETFs in 2017, many bought the Kraneshares CSI China Internet ETF, which saw the biggest inflows in this category, according to data from Morningstar.
Chinese companies account for a tiny percentage of ESG-filtered emerging market ETFs, even though China is 26.5% of the MSCI EM Index.
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