East Capital has launched a new frontier markets fund focused on “young and fast-growing” markets with an emerging middle class and strong consumption growth.
Tag: UCITS

First Lux UCITS approved Hong KongShanghai stock
Regulators have approved the first Luxembourg UCITS to invest in China’s A-shares through the Hong Kong-Shanghai stock connect program.

Amundi JPX ETF launch
The Amundi JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETF carries a TER of 0.18%, which Amundi says is the lowest in the market for this exposure.
Asia passport schemes a challenge to UCITS
Asia’s various fund passport schemes present a longterm challenge to the dominance of UCITS funds, which make up the bulk of products for sale in Asia.

Vietnam’s first actively managed UCITS
One of SE Asia’s biggest asset managers has launched an actively-managed Ucits equity fund designed at international investors wishing to gain exposure to Vietnam’s public equity markets.