Far fewer Chinese stocks than planned will be initially included in MSCI's emerging markets indexes. Some suggest the firm may have felt compelled to relax certain criteria.
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As index provider MSCI confirms it will add Chinese stocks to its influential emerging-markets benchmarks, experts across the region give their thoughts.
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China's central bank has clarified operational details of the market access scheme, through which Standard Chartered expects strong early trading in July.
Institutional investors from Hong Kong, Japan and Thailand say they do not plan to boost their mainland exposure, as another MSCI decision on A-shares looms.
Asset managers broadly agree with the Chinese state pension fund that passive and smart-beta investing will become mainstream for A-shares, with sovereign entities leading the way.
The insurance unit of the postal service is to invest its first $200 million into individual foreign hedge funds and award another fund-of-funds mandate, amid scepticism about the asset class.
Korea's flagship state retirement fund has chosen the two asset managers to run a fund-of-hedge-funds mandate of up to $1 billion, which is expected to rise to $2 billion over time.
Korea’s biggest retirement fund is building a hedge fund portfolio, and other pensions in the country are making similar moves, amid a wider backlash against such strategies.
The world’s fourth-largest pension fund has appointed a new section leader as it transitions away from domestic fixed income. He will select hedge funds, with some $2 billion to invest.
Developments in financial technology solutions for asset managers promise to create new, detailed investing solutions, as well as changing the manner in which funds are distributed.
The $21 billion fund thinks local-currency emerging market bonds can overcome US rate hike pressures and wants its overseas allocation cap to be lifted to 40% from 30%.
Political risks continue to fuel Asian aversion to eurozone bonds, especially on the periphery, but some interest is returning. These investors should be wary of possible ECB tapering.
The state fund is seeking four managers to run its first segregated mandates for private debt as it further expands its large alternatives portfolio, said CIO Jang Dong-hun.
