Italian firm to launch onshore fund in China
Italy’s Azimut has been granted approval from the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) to register as a private fund management firm in China, giving it six months to launch a product onshore.
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Chinese environmentalism attracts Mirabaud
China’s push to clean up its environmental act has made it an attractive investment destination, Mirabaud Asset Management’s head of global emerging markets, Daniel Tubbs, tells International Adviser.
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China Everbright acquires US asset manager
The real estate asset management arm of Hong Kong-listed China Everbright has acquired Texas-based, real estate investment specialist Arrow.
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Chinese regulator seizes global insurer Anbang
The Chinese insurance regulator stepped in and took control of Anbang Insurance Group on Friday, a move that has put the country’s other insurers on notice.
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Foreign managers to take 25% of China’s market – report
Global asset managers are expected to hold 25% of China’s mutual fund industry assets within a decade, due to regulatory changes and the competitiveness of the foreign firms, according to Shanghai-based consultancy firm Z-Ben Advisors.
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Chinese conglomerate moves on Guernsey and London fund houses
A Chinese conglomerate with ambitions in the west has acquired a London-based asset manager and its Guernsey-based subsidiary.
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What fortune will the Year of the Dog bring China?
Friday 16 February marks the Chinese New Year, with 2018 welcoming the Year of the Dog. However, while the dog is associated with honesty, faithfulness, and a strong sense of responsibility in the Chinese zodiac, investors will be hoping for a repeat of 2017 – the Year of the Rooster – which saw the MSCI…
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Value Partners launches onshore China fund
Hong Kong-based Value Partners has joined Fidelity, UBS Asset Management and Man Group with the launch of an onshore China fund, as momentum for foreign-managed products targeting China’s professional investors continues.
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Chinese CFA candidate numbers surge
The number of Chinese candidates taking the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level I exam jumped by 38% in December to nearly 20,000, outstripping the US and India combined, the CFA Institute said.
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Make America indebted again
On the one-year anniversary of president Donald Trump’s inauguration, his administration is more divided than ever with growing murmurs of a government shutdown. One thing the president seems to have unwavering support on is his tax bill, but with treasury yields rising should investors be more concerned?
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Victims defend $11bn Chinese Ponzi scheme
Investors across China are continuing to support the founder of an alleged Ponzi scheme, even after he turned himself into police, despite standing to lose CNY70bn (£7.9bn, $10.8bn, €8.9bn).
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Fidelity charges ahead in China domestic market
Fidelity International’s investment management wholly foreign-owned enterprise (IM WFOE) has launched two funds while Blackrock and Schroders obtain private fund management (PFM) licences for their WFOEs.