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Investment | news 21 Jun 18
Zurich enters passive market with Middle East adviser offering
Zurich International Life has launched a set of low cost passive funds that will offer financial advisers a simple investment solution for their customers in the Middle East.
Panama Papers law firm unable to identify 75% of its clients
A leak of 1.2 million new documents shows that Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal, could not identify the owners of up to three quarters of the companies it administered.
Investment | news 21 Jun 18
Vanguard and Blackrock exposed to US child detention camps
Blackrock has blamed index tracking products for its large stake in a contractor involved in child detention centres in the US, while Vanguard, along with several active investors, has been silent on its exposure to the political controversy.
Chinese asset managers eyeing European investors
More China-based asset managers are expected to internationalise and target European investors, according to Alessandro Silvestro, Hong Kong-based managing director, Asia Pacific, at Lemanik Asset Management.
Asia Pacific CFA candidate numbers surge
More than 120,000 people in Asia Pacific have registered to sit CFA Institute exams this month, representing 53% of the record-breaking global intake.