SFC intermediary licence applications jump by 15%
The number of applications for intermediary licences in Hong Kong has risen by just over 15% in a year, the Securities and Futures Commission has said.
Castlestone launches EM equity high yield and premium income fund
Castlestone Management has launched an equity high yield and premium income fund which will target dividend income and premium income through a variety of emerging market stocks.
Investment | 17 Aug 15
ANALYSIS: Should investors worry as interest rate inertia creeps?
Conjecture over the timing of the first UK rate rise is becoming almost as routine as the industry’s misplaced adaptation to the ‘abnormal’ 0.5% rate presently in place.
People Moves | 17 Aug 15
Manulife AM appoints product development boss for Asia wealth
Manulife Asset Management has hired Fidelity’s Asia head of retail for its wealth and asset management arm to boost its distribution platform in Asia.
Fixed Income | 17 Aug 15
Slumping commodities requires high yield rethink – Lundie
A combination of sovereign-related and company specific credit downgrades in the resources sector has seen a dramatic change in the make-up of the global high yield credit market said Fraser Lundie, co-head of credit at Hermes.