Thailand’s trigger-fund trend tipped to slow
The Thai bourse has been on a tear and trigger funds have flooded the market. But Cerulli expects competing products to emerge in 2013 as the phenomenon runs out of steam.
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A wave of trigger funds launched to capitalise on Thailand’s surging stock exchange is tipped to thin out in the second quarter, with the market rise seen as unsustainable.
No fewer than 73 trigger funds were issued to Thai retail (and high-net-worth) investors last year, raising Bt25.9 billion ($868 million), according to Cerulli Associates.
The trend accelerated in the fourth quarter, when 29 trigger funds were launched – accounting for more than half of the 53 new products fo…
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