Eastspring Investments has joined the growing list of foreign asset managers who have set up an investment management wholly-foreign owned enterprise (IM WFOE).
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Italian firm to launch onshore fund in China
Italy’s Azimut has been granted approval from the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) to register as a private fund management firm in China and the firm has six months to launch a product onshore.
Fullerton launches onshore fund in China
Fullerton Fund Management, owned by Singapore state-run Temasek, has become the latest asset manager to be granted approval to sell an onshore private fund in China.
Value Partners joins the party with onshore fund
Hong Kong-based Value Partners has joined Fidelity, UBS AM and Man Group with the launch of an onshore China fund, as momentum for foreign-managed products targeting China’s professional investors continues.
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.
Challenges of setting up PFM WFOE in China
Coordinating with the head office, keeping up with local regulations, branding and distribution are top challenges when establishing an investment management wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) with a private fund management (PFM) licence in China, according to industry sources.
Man Group launches hedge fund in China
Man Investment Management (Shanghai), Man Group’s wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE), registered the first hedge fund via the private fund management (PFM) licence route.
Singapore’s Fullerton outlines China plans
The firm intends to launch its first onshore fund and apply for a qualified domestic limited partnership (QDLP) licence, according to Mark Li, Shanghai-based general manager and head of China sales at Fullerton Investment Management (Shanghai).
Aberdeen Standard gets onshore licence in China
Aberdeen Standard Investments joins UBS AM, Fidelity and a handful of others with concrete plans to launch an onshore China fund after being granted a private fund management (PFM) licence by the Asset Management Association of China.
UBS AM launches onshore fund in China
UBS Asset Management’s wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) in Shanghai has launched an onshore equity fund for domestic high net worth individuals and institutional investors in China.
