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HKEX to push ahead with cross-border bond trading scheme
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has outlined plans to push ahead with the introduction of a ‘Bond Connect’ scheme to give foreign investors wider access to the Chinese debt market, similar to the way the Stock Connect program bolsters trading between Hong Kong and Shanghai.
DV Global tie-up targets expat market
International distribution company DV Global has partnered up with platform provider Novia Global and DFM TAM Asset Management as part of a formal launch of its panel of products and services aimed at expat-focused financial advisers.
Legal & General IM expands index funds range
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched a global real estate index fund and announced the imminent launch of an emerging markets government bond index fund.
Alternatives | news 25 Jan 16
Money market fund sales surge tenfold as total AUM hits record
Investor appetite for cash grew markedly in 2015, the latest set of Investment Association fund statistics show.
Retirement | news 25 Jan 16
Fidelity launches lifetime pension allowance guide
Fidelity International has launched a lifetime allowance (LTA) guide aimed at a growing number of people who have built up significant assets in their pension plans, and face the UK’s LTA falling from £1.25m to £1m in April 2016.