The growth of China's non-bank lending segment is creating space for investment funds, such as Gen2 Partners' vehicle, to offer mezzanine financing to SMEs and developers.
Managers of exchange-traded funds are among the winners from last week's expansion of China's qualified foreign investor quotas.
HFT Investment Management and GF Asset Management are selling fixed income funds with an equity facility, but may look to other asset classes including ETFs in the next quotas.
Fund houses and banks are readying products for China's renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor programme, due for launch this month.
Taiwanese asset managers Cathay and Fuh Hwa will invest the quotas on behalf of their active equity funds, with the former planning a third China-themed product.
The government is now implementing long-standing tax rules on fees accrued for managing overseas investments for mainland institutions.
The institutional market for asset managers in China is poised to reap rewards for diligent service providers, says the Shanghai-based consultancy.
And the trend towards greater transparency continues, with the release of the first annual report from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
E-Fund and China Merchants are first to launch new QDII funds after a 17-month drought.
Customisation will allow fund houses to chase ‘stickier’ assets from high-net-worth clients and change the status quo through innovation.
China Universal and E-Fund may be the last to launch active QDII strategies, as a host of passive and ETF products line up at Safe's door.
The Dow Jones SAFE 100 Index could attract more money into Bangladesh, Mauritius, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which are grouped in the index together with India.
Hedge funds are still stuck in the QFII queue in China; although quotas are being raised, their chances of being favoured are slim. Meanwhile, regulators are fuming that banks ...
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