Asia
Australia’s AMP gets profit boost from wealth management
A strong performance from its wealth management arm helped Australian insurance group AMP boost profits by 10% in the year to 31 December 2015.
BMO to launch four ETFs in Hong Kong downmarket
Fifteen months after bringing its first three ETFs to Hong Kong, the firm is launching four more on February 18.
OPINION: London vs Hong Kong – out of the frying pan…?
Even by the very nature of its name, HSBC has always been the most Asian-facing of the multinational super banks, so why does it want to extend its stay in London?
Fund selector: Japan’s arrows of fortune?
While the first two ‘arrows’ of Abenomics have helped boost Japanese equity performance and devalued the yen, the jury is still out on whether the strategy is succeeding. Much will depend on the third arrow of structural reform.
ANALYSIS: Time to bail out of Japanese equities?
What was viewed as a sign of desperation by many when the Bank of Japan cut rates well into negative territory at the end of January has been followed by a poor economic growth number.