Little could the creators of UCITS have known that, nearly 30 years on, there would have been tremors in Asia that would threaten the growth of this £6trn behemoth, writes David Stevenson, head of business development, Baring Asset Management.
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East Capital launches frontier markets fund
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.
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.
