Kuala Lumpur-based Affin Hwang Asset Management has launched a mixed-asset absolute return fund that feeds into a Schroders fund, according to a statement from the firm.
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In case you missed it (13 April 2018)
UBS AM fills senior sales role; Citi appoints new CEO; DWS launches new rating system to filter ESG leaders; China’s Harvest engages in UNPRI; Prestige helps wealth managers invest in green projects; China’s top officials make steps to further open up financial markets and capital flow channels; and more…
Schroders launches global credit fund in HK
Brexit will likely be ‘softer’ than previously thought, UK bonds are cheap, and the firm’s global credit income fund has 20% invested in sterling denominated bonds, according to credit portfolio manager Michael Scott.
Which China equity funds are contrarian?
FSA looked at the five China equity funds with the lowest average correlation to the performance of peer funds and found three with above average performance.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Blackrock vs Schroders
FSA compares two APAC ex-Japan equity products: the Blackrock Asian Dragon Fund and the Schroder ISF Asian Opportunities Fund.
Schroders poaches head of multi-asset from Amundi
Schroders has hired Reginald Tan as head of multi-asset products for Southeast Asia to replace a team member who left last year.
Fidelity leads the WFOE race
Fidelity’s investment-management wholly foreign-owned enterprise (IM WFOE) has launched two new funds while Blackrock and Schroders obtain private fund management (PFM) licences for their WFOEs.
Schroders: Beware of inflation risk
Inflation expectation is prioritised as a major risk in the fund managed by Patrick Brenner, head of multi-asset investment Asia at Schroders.
Morningstar Asia fund reviews and re-ratings – November 2017
A downgrade for a Blackrock product and upgrades for Robeco, T Rowe, Xtracker, Parvest and two Fidelity funds, according to the firm’s monthly note to clients.
ESG is necessary, but elusive
ESG considerations in the investment process are crucial, but it is not practical to try and quantify the impact of ESG on investment performance, argues Chris Durack, CEO of Schroders’ in Hong Kong and head of the firm’s institutional business for Asia Pacific.
