OPINION: Why investors are running out of new ideas
Call it symptomatic of the summer lull but, with so much debate centred on cost, genuine product innovation seems to have taken something of a back seat.
Barings
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PEOPLE MOVES: Barings, BlackRock, Deutsche Bank…
Barings chief investment officer is to depart just two months after it was announced that the firm will merge with three other MassMutual affiliates. BlackRock has named a new chief investment officer in Japan, while Deutsche Bank has appointed a global head of M&A.
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Baring ups Asian EM exposure
Baring Asset Management’s multi asset group has increased its exposure to emerging Asian markets for the first time in years and upgraded the asset class from a neutral to preferred.
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PEOPLE MOVES: PRA, QFC, Standard Life Wealth…
The UK and Qatari regulators have made senior appointments, while Standard Life Wealth has split its head of business management role in two. Bordier & Cie have poached a senior planner from Aspinalls and are venturing into wealth planning, while Baring AM has appointed a new director.
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Innovation key in Russia’s new economy – Baring AM
The importance of structural growth stories in “new Russia” cannot be underestimated, said Michael Levy, lead manager for the Baring Russia Fund.
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New S. Korea IFA model a ‘turning point in rebuilding trust’
Barings’ chief executive in South Korea, Thae Khwarg, has said that he ‘welcomes’ proposed changes announced by the country’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) which would allow IFAs to provide independent advice while adopting a new fee-based only regime similar to the UK.
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Botox and driverless cars to spearhead China growth – Barings
Asset management firm Barings predicts that strong growth in makeup, Botox, electric vehicles and driverless cars in China will drive performance of its Asian funds, according to head of Asian equities, HyungJin Lee.
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ANALYSIS: A smart, cautious budget with sugar-free sweeteners
Whether you support or oppose chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne and his party, it is hard to argue he is not a shrewd operator and a safe pair of hands for the British economy.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Prudential, HSBC GAM, JP Morgan AM…
Some of the biggest firms in the finance industry announced significant people moves this week; with Prudential naming a chief executive, HSBC GAM making two chief executive appointments in Asia, and JP Morgan promoting a new head of retail in China.
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Bullish Barings MA team upgrades equities view
Barings’ Multi Asset Group has upgraded equities to “preferred”, amid encouraging signs of US growth.
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Stock pickers find China bargains in the mess
The ongoing volatility in Chinese shares, triggered by concern over the country’s growth prospects, has reduced valuations to a point that is creating opportunities for stock pickers, according to some fund managers.
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Civil partnerships: Fund distributor with Baring Asset Management
Rod Aldridge recently took on the role of head of EMEA wholesale distribution at Baring Asset Management. He discusses the need for careful co-ordination of the cross-border relationships between the markets under his remit.