The growth in Apac AUM is boosted by the blooming mixed-asset products sector, according to a report by Broadridge.
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HK retail advisor app tests fund distribution waters
Yunfeng Financial Group’s newly-launched Youyu Robo-advisor enables mutual fund investment on a mobile app, and the firm says a lineup of global asset managers are on board.
Chinese II money pours into money market funds
With higher yield than bank deposits, Chinese money market funds have for the first time attracted more institutional money than retail, according to Fitch Ratings.
Mutual fund licence allows shift to retail focus
Pengyang Fund Management became China’s first mutual fund house set up by a group of domestic “private securities fund” managers, opening the door to retail market sales.
Fitch sees surge in China’s fund market
China is the fastest-growing mutual fund market globally, with mutual-fund assets that nearly quadrupled over the last four years, the ratings firm said.
The case for fee based model
EXS Capital’s fee-based discretionary model is rare in Asia, but Jessica Cutrera, managing director of the firm’s wealth management arm, believes there’s a huge opportunity for more.
HK, China mutual recognition of funds to take off 1 July
The Securities and Futures Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission today said they have signed a cooperation pact for the initiative and agreed on the implementation principles. “The mutual recognition of funds initiative is a major breakthrough in the opening up of the mainland’s funds market to offshore funds,” the SFC’s chairman Carlson Tong […]
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.
Study: Fund flows unlikely to roil EM economies
The last four years, emerging markets received $1.4trn in cumulative gross portfolio capital flows, but only around $200bn came from regulated funds, according to Christopher Plantier, ICI senior economist of industry and financial analysis, who authored the report. EM capital flow was analysed to put into perspective the size of regulated fund investment into those […]
