Axa appoints two to Asia fixed income team
Axa Investment Managers has made two additions to its fixed income team in Asia, as it attempts to bolster its coverage of the region.
Axa Investment Managers has made two additions to its fixed income team in Asia, as it attempts to bolster its coverage of the region.
Following Schroders’ acquisition of Cazenove Capital last year, all of the UK fund manager’s private client business in Asia will come under the Cazenove brand name, according to Sandy Dudgeon, Cazenove’s managing director in Asia.
Ogier has launched a dispute resolution team in Hong Kong in a bid to serve Asian clients in their own time zone.
Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) has unveiled an asset allocation fund that follows an unconstrained equity investment strategy.
Hong Kong fund managers currently favour Japanese and US equities, while they have become more cautious on European markets, according to a recent survey.
The ban on the payment of indemnity commission on Investment Linked Assurance Schemes in Hong Kong has been described as a game-changer by leading advisers.
The payment of indemnity commission, or clawback, by product providers selling Investment Linked Assurance Schemes in Hong Kong is to be banned from the beginning of next year.
Hong Kong investors are planning to increase their investments into Asia over the next six months as Chinas perceived investment potential soars amid concerns of economic slowdown and reform.
JP Morgan Asset Management is to introduce a renminbi hedged share class for its ASEAN Fund.
Pimco has named its executive committee member Eric Mogelof as the new head of Asia Pacific.
HSBC Global Asset Management has launched a fixed income fund in Hong Kong under the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor scheme.
AXA Investment Managers has hired Lion Global Investors’ chief investment officer Simon Flood as the head of Asia Pacific replacing Jean-Pierre Leoni.