The firm plans to aggressively move into other markets such as India and Japan, and offer a wider range of products across the region.
Asia ex-Japan equities were viewed as an attractive alternative to Western markets as the extent of the credit crunch began to reveal itself. They have since been weak but the ...
On the distribution side, the firm is focusing on Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. China is likely the next major target.
More new business is coming from Asia, leading the third largest pension provider in the UK to reallocate resources to this region.
Christophe Caspar has been named CIO for Asia-Pacific, while Symon Parish takes the mantle in Australasia.
Franklin Templeton's Singapore-based Asian entity hopes to grow its assets under management by 15%-20% annually from its current base of $51 billion.
An HSBC survey of business confidence among SMEs shows the region’s domestic economic growth is expected to remain strong despite the threat of a US recession.
The latest ING Investment Management survey shows investors were still upbeat towards the end of 2007, but the firm’s head of equities Nick Toovey says sentiment has deteriorate...
Fund managers have shaped their Asian portfolios on the assumption that the US economy will slow down but escape a recession, and this region will benefit.
Consumption and investment growth in Asia will likely help the region successfully withstand external shocks.
LaSalle Investment Management says credit conditions will return to normal, allowing traditional real-estate investors to benefit, but returns won't repeat 2007 highs.
This is the first in a series of Q&As on Asian fund managers’ investment outlook for 2008.
Asian fixed-income fund manager Angus Hui says the spread between Asian and US high-grade corporate bonds will likely continue to widen.
Citi says the region is in a better position to withstand external shocks, but it isn’t decoupling from the US and the rest of the world.
New JF fund gives investors access to Pakistan, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The Dutch fund management company's key focus in Asia for now is to build its business in Japan, India, and Greater China.
Citigroup strategist Markus Rosgen says Asia’s links with the US and other developed nations have become stronger, not weaker.
Despite higher share price valuations, the region’s strong economies are a major attraction at a time when there is not much growth elsewhere in the world.
Citigroup’s chief Asian strategist says stock price valuations in the region could rise above previous peaks, but not by much.
QDII continues to boost investor sentiment for those two stock markets.