Hong Kong
Hong Kong IFA firm buys stake in Nutmeg for £24m
Convoy, one of the largest IFA firms in Hong Kong, has paid £24m ($30.2m, €27.8m) for a stake in UK investment platform Nutmeg, in a move praised by UK chancellor Philip Hammond.
Old Mutual Int’l targets Hong Kong’s domestic advisers
Old Mutual International has appointed Friends Provident International’s Ivy Lee as head of business development to boost the firm’s support for the domestic adviser channel and reach in the domestic adviser market.
Hong Kong regulator bans adviser for 10 years
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has cancelled the licences of Richmond Asset Management and its owner Graham Frank Bibby and banned him from re-entering the industry for 10 years.
Unit-linked products under pressure in Asia
Singapore outpaced Hong Kong for sales of unit-linked investment and savings products in the first half of 2016. As the industry awaits third quarter data, Bryan Low of Provisca reflects on the trends seen in the figures so far.
Yield available in EM debt and Asian stocks – JP Morgan AM
Emerging market debt and Asian equities, in particular Hong Kong stocks, still offer yield at acceptable valuations, according to JP Morgan Asset Management’s latest quarterly outlook.