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Survey: 62% of managers overweight cash

By Liz Mak | 31 March 2008
Keywords: hsbc

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Hong Kong’s largest distributor HSBC says it will stay focused on bond and thematic product launches for the rest of the year, in response to investor appetite.

HSBC has surveyed 10 fund management houses with total assets representing close to 20% of all funds under management globally – or $4.85 trillion out of $25.82 trillion – about their latest views on the first quarter of 2008 and their combined fund flows over the fourth quarter of 2007.

Participating managers included AllianceBerstein, Allianz Global Investors, Baring Asset Management, Blackrock Merrill Lynch, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, HSBC Investments, Invesco, JF and Schroders.

Up to 62% of these houses reported an overweight view on cash, up from 25% in the last ...

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