Liz Mak

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Reporter, AsianInvestor

Liz has now left AsianInvestor, but she previously covered the China and Taiwan asset management market as AsianInvestor's Greater China correspondent between 2007 and May 2010. Prior to joining AsianInvestor, Liz was a head of research at Pacific Prospect, a business of Incisive Media.



Recent articles by Liz Mak

Business Moves
China Southern to launch FTSE Bric 50 tracker
FTSE’s prospects in China are looking brighter following its second asset manager deal with China Southern. The Shenzhen fund house says the index-fund product will ...
31 May 2010
Business Moves
Harvest's Hong Kong CEO talks global expansion
Ten months after Harvest announced its takeover of Deutsche Asset Management’s Asian and Greater China investment platform, Michele Bang stresses her firm is different ...
28 May 2010
Asset Owners
Norway oil fund opens second office in Asia
Two years after opening its Shanghai investment office, Norges Bank Investment Management makes a move to expand into Singapore.
12 May 2010
Business Moves
30,000 people who don't manage assets in Hong Kong
You might be excused for thinking that Hong Kong has become a centre for investment management, but the latest data from the territory's Investment Funds Association says ...
7 May 2010
Business Moves
Shenyin Wanguo to advise Shin Kong on China investments
Shin Kong Site in Taipei is tapping into Shenyin Wanguo Asset Management's China expertise in its latest Greater China fund launch. Shenyin Wanguo may follow up with a fund ...
5 May 2010
People Moves
Sammy Yip leaves State Street for Lippo
State Street Global Advisors is set to restructure its ETF business after the departure of Yip, who becomes Lippo Investment Management's third consecutive hire from SSgA, as ...
27 April 2010
Asset Owners
Taiwan's LPF issues first emerging-market RFPs
The Taiwanese pension fund is inviting pitches for its first three emerging-market equity mandates, worth a total of $750 million.
14 April 2010
Business Moves
BNPP IP aims to double Asian profit contribution
Following the official completion of the BNP Paribas-Fortis merger, Stewart Edgar, Asia-Pacific head of the combined entity, outlines his war plans.
8 April 2010
Distribution
Fubon strikes cross-strait JV deal in China
The securities-brokerage arm of Taiwan's Fubon Financial Group is setting up an asset-management joint venture with China's Founder Securities.
31 March 2010
Asset Owners
PSPF: Hedge fund ETFs are a great idea
The Taiwanese civil servant pension fund is struggling in its search for products that it understands and that offer decent liquidity. Meanwhile, it is mulling adding a ...
26 March 2010
Markets
CSRC outlines how funds can invest in CSI 300 futures
The regulator releases an early draft of the proposed rules for Chinese mutual funds that want to invest in CSI 300 index futures.
18 March 2010
Views
Take China's QDII ETFs with a pinch of salt
Despite the fanfare from QDII ETF issuers and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, these products are unlikely to achieve the lofty aims set for them.
10 March 2010
Business Moves
Huaan plans second QDII, readies FTSE 100 ETF
Another fund house queues up to launch a QDII exchange-traded fund and, like FTSE, is intent on repairing its reputation in China.
9 March 2010
Asset Owners
Canada Pension Plan hires private-equity team in Hong Kong
The Canadian institution is rapidly building an investment team in Hong Kong to capture growth in Asian markets, starting with China-focused private equity.
8 March 2010
Markets
FTSE makes peace with Shanghai bourse on A50
The index provider is finally settling with the Shanghai Stock Exchange over an infringement lawsuit dating back to 2006.
4 March 2010
People Moves
Hubert Tse exits Yuan Tai, joins Boss & Young
China's original QDII advocate is on the move. Hubert Tse is now with Boss & Young, a top-ranking law firm based in Shanghai.
2 March 2010
Asset Owners
Hong Kong institutions keep their cool
Crisis, what crisis? It’s business as usual for Hong Kong’s institutional investors.
27 February 2010
Asset Owners
Taiwan’s LPF seeks new investment consultant
The $30 billion Labour Pension Fund has put aside the asset-allocation plan completed by Mercer last March and is looking for a new adviser.
11 February 2010
Asset Owners
Seven out of 10 PSPF mandates underperform in 2009
Taiwan's civil-servant pension fund unveils the four winners of its latest overseas mandates, worth an aggregate $900 million, and reports investment results for its latest ...
5 February 2010
Business Moves
Citic Private Equity to help transform China SOEs
Wu Yibing, president of Citic Private Equity Management, explains the workings of the firm’s newly closed Rmb9 billion fund.
4 February 2010
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