A dividend-focused strategy can help investors capitalise on Asia’s attractive valuations while reducing volatility, argues Eastspring Investments.

A dividend-focused strategy can help investors capitalise on Asia’s attractive valuations while reducing volatility, argues Eastspring Investments.
The new head has experience in the Korean corporate sector.
BlackRock taps the former Korea head of Morgan Stanley Investment Managment.
Daniel Cho is named as head of real estate, Korea for the UK investment manager.
Funds have seen net inflows for four consecutive quarters, Morningstar data shows.
Investors should be allocating to Asia ex-Japan equities rather than developed market stocks over the next six- to 12-months, according to Deutsche Bank International Private Bank (IPB).
T Rowe Price has launched two income funds with a local partner in South Korea under a low interest rate environment in the country.
The firm’s multi-asset team has a high conviction call on US banks, which some investors see as a contrarian view, according to Craig Moran, deputy portfolio manager at M&G Investments.
Varying tax and regulatory issues across the region could disrupt the Asia Region Funds Passport initiative, according to Mostapha Tahiri, CEO and head of asset and fund services for Asia at BNP Paribas Securities Services.
Samsung Asset Management together with Capital Group launched six target date funds in Korea that promise dividend income and low volatility.
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