Retail investment and robo-advice top SEC’s 2017 priorities
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has put retail investor protection and robo-advice at the centre of its examinations programme for 2017.
Author: Kirsten Hastings
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Axa IM launches global ‘robotech’ fund
Axa Investment Managers has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled global fund focussing on robotics and automation systems, following an active, unconstrained, multi-cap, strategy.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Axa, James Hambro, Fidelity Int’l
After 10 years with the business, the chief executive of Axa Global Asset Management has announced she is stepping down. James Hambro & Partners has made three senior staff members partners of the business, with Fidelity International handing five multi-asset open range funds to a new portfolio manager.
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Asia Pacific ETF assets lag other regions despite record year
Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF/ETP assets hit a record high of $135bn (£110bn, €127bn) in 2016, but still only account for 4% of the industry’s global assets, according to ETFGI.
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Asset managers must ‘innovate and industrialise’
The asset management industry is facing an innovation dilemma as it struggles to free itself from encumbered business models and embrace industrialisation, says Matthew Lamb, chief executive of Pacific Asset Management.
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UK charge comparison regime ‘not fit for purpose’
Key financial illustrations (KFIs) that are intended to help people compare pension and investment product charges in the UK are not fit for purpose and are “the worst possible example of information overload”, says AJ Bell marketing director Billy Mackay.
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UAE commission ban may face ‘two-year delay’
The UAE Insurance Authority (IA) is to issue a new draft and open a fresh consultation on plans to tackle high fees and hidden commissions in the life industry after requests for a ‘two-year delay’, sources have told International Adviser.
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The 2017 FSA Fund Award winners are…
Here are the Hong Kong winners of Fund Selector Asia’s third annual fund management awards.
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Fatca here to stay as US becomes last global tax haven
The United States will become the last global tax haven as the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) comes into force, making a repeal of Fatca very unlikely, says Nuri Katz, chief executive and founder of Apex Capital Partners.
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Ex-Falcon Bank manager jailed in Singapore 1MDB probe
The first westerner to be charged in connection with the 1MDB scandal has been sentenced to 28 weeks in jail and fined S$128,000 (£73,352, $89,174, €84,235) by a Singapore court.
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Quaero brings `family enterprise’ fund to Asia
Geneva-based asset manager Quaero Capital is bringing its specialist fund that invests in European companies with family shareholders to Asia.
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MitonOptimal swoops on chartered adviser to boost int’l reach
MitonOptimal International, the Guernsey-headquartered investment management group, has merged with Isle of Man-based investment advisory business, Blythe Financial.