The consultant highlights those asset classes where active management is more likely to deliver results.
The Chinese fund house’s prospectus for its Asian equities product, slated for launch next week, indicates it will manage the fund without MOU partner State Street.
Andreas Neuber will remain as chairman of the joint venture, while UBS banker Michael Chin will take over the CEO role.
Mutual funds of global bonds, emerging-market equities and commodities enjoyed strong inflows in November.
Andrew Lapthorne says only the highest quality stocks are going to fare well next year as volatility resumes.
Thailand’s Government Pension Fund feels the need to win support from civil servants before it can return to taking greater investment risk.
The bank’s Asian equities head says global institutional investors should apply for their own QFII quotas.
E-Fund and China Merchants are first to launch new QDII funds after a 17-month drought.
Provided the US doesn’t double-dip into recession, that inflation and deflation are both contained, and that Asian export economies can rebalance, say global equity CIOs.
Hedge fund shareholders shoot down a proposal to allow Dragon Capital to manage part of the LSE-listed fund’s assets, and opt to take their cash now.
The Australian superannuation fund’s board spends two weeks in China thinking about how to approach potential investments there.
China’s mutual funds industry enjoyed decent AUM growth in the second quarter, with Bank of Communications Schroders dominating performance of equity products.