Northern Trust Asset Management has hired Scott Bennett in the newly created role of head of quantitative research for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
Mobile and web broker Huanying International will offer clients a suite of services from financial technology firm Ayondo under a new partnership.
Cinnober Financial Technology has penned a seven-year licensing deal with the Stock Exchange of Thailand to supply its multi-asset class trading infrastructure.
Half of investment professionals in a poll expect Chinese equities to generate a return of more than 5% in the next 12 months and a fifth expect the return to exceed 20%.
Below-expectation results for the Chinese economy in July indicate that stimulus measures have not yet boosted growth and may demand further stimulus.
The popularity of alternative asset classes has not gone unnoticed by Asia Pacific asset managers, which are planning to expand their product ranges to include these types of funds.
An asset manager has foretold that the Japanese economy will come alive like a mighty sea monster awakened by radiation.
Assets held in alternative investments such as private equity are outgrowing traditional asset classes in Singapore.
Asset managers in Asia say they will focus their marketing on multi-asset and bond products to meet a widespread demand for funds that generate reliable income.
Japan’s largest asset manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group (Sumi Trust), has launched three Ucits funds investing in Japanese equities.
As US-China tensions escalated in 2018, the leaders of the two economies met in Buenos Aires to agree a truce. Aidan Yao, senior emerging Asia economist at Axa Investment Managers, talks to Romil...
Caroline Higgins of Northern Trust tells George Mitton about A-share inclusion, ETF Connect and why Cayman funds predominate in the region.
Changes to regulation, US-Sino trade tensions and further steps by China to open its capital markets were some of the topics discussed by our panel. Chaired by Romil Patel in Hong Kong.
The impact of financial technology, developments in Asian passporting and the promise of new markets in Thailand were among the topics discussed by our panel. Chaired by George Mitton in Singapore.
Dec '18 - Jan '19
ETF Report 2018