Asia
OMGI extends Asia push amid tough competition
Product launches, additional local staff and Hong Kong-domiciled funds are part of the plan as Old Mutual Global Investors extends an aggressive Asia expansion, Warren Tonkinson, head of distribution, tells Fund Selector Asia.
QFII investors bogged down by burdensome tax filings
International investors are finding the compliance around qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) licences burdensome as they prepare to file their tax returns before the July deadline.
Benchmark freedom and EM investing
If the manager is freed from the benchmark, emerging markets offer many opportunities from a stock-picker’s perspective, particularly if headlines are negative, according to Ross Teverson, head of strategy for global emerging markets at Jupiter Asset Management.
BlackRock appoints Izawa as Japan head
BlackRock has appointed Yoshiyuki Izawa as chairman and country head of Japan.
A-share inclusion in the MSCI could drive foreign capital inflow
If China’s A-shares are included in world indices after a review in June, large amounts of capital could flow into the mainland market, said Catherine Yeung, investment director at Fidelity Investments.