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SSGA backs US and China equities
Economic resiliency will be re-tested this year, and the US and China will be key to global recovery, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA).
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SSGA readies 10 funds for Hong Kong launch
They include a mixture of active and passive products covering a wide range of global equity markets.
Equity run is not over, SSGA says
State Street Global Advisors is positioning its funds “defensively in an active way” as it expects a slowdown not a recession, according to the asset manger’s Asia Pacific head of investments.
Asia’s wealthy prefer physical gold, says SSGA
When investing in gold, conservative high net worth individuals in Asia still prefer owning physical bullion to investing in exchange-traded funds, according to State Street Global Advisors.
Loose ESG definition impacts passives
Wider adoption of responsible investing principles is unlikely to send investors crowding into the same high quality assets because ESG is not standardised, according to Taie Wang, deputy head of research for global equity beta solutions at State Street Global Advisor Asia.
Foreign managers seek more China assets
US-based firms, including Bridgewater Associates and State Street Global Advisors, have become new licence holders in China’s quota programme that allows them to invest in the country’s onshore markets.
Blending active and passive strategies
Fund industry sees blending of active and passive strategies as a way to achieve better risk control while generating alpha.
How HK’s tracker fund became more Chinese
The changing exposure of Hong Kong’s flagship equity ETF to Chinese large cap companies illustrates ever closer financial and economic ties between the territory and the mainland.
