Asset Manager

Amova announces two new funds with focus on SGX small and mid-cap stocks

They are part of MAS’ EQDP, which aims to revitalise the local bourse

Hamilton Reiner, JPMAM managing director, believes options should be used for outcomes and not for leverage.
MIND THE GAP

Derivative-income funds offer attractive yields – if you can accept the trade-off

[SEOUL] Vetaran fund manager Hamilton Reiner, who pioneered equity premium income funds for JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM), speaks with a kindly, almost professorial cadence that belies his star p...

Hong Kong domiciled funds managed about HK$2.1 trillion at the end of June.

Hong Kong proposes easing fund rules to attract global managers

The move follows a boom in Hong Kong listings and trading on revived China interest

Danantara seeks to hire advisers to help set up a new firm that will combine the asset managers of Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bank Mandiri and Bank Negara Indonesia.

Indonesia’s Danantara weighs creating 133-trillion-rupiah asset manager: sources

The sovereign wealth fund wants to build a bigger asset manager to compete locally and across the region

Goldman will make “a series of open-market purchases” to amass up to 3.5% of T Rowe’s stock.

Goldman to buy US$1 billion of T Rowe stock as firms team up

It will be the Wall Street bank’s only investment in an outside asset management firm

Co-head of Pictet Asset Management Raymond Sagayam says that unlike many asset managers, it tends not to over-hire and is in the fortunate position of not having to slash people.

Pictet sees need to diversify from US equities and bonds, with Europe gaining strength as an alternative

A major trend that investors can play on is Europe’s revival, which is led by Germany’s awakening, says Pictet Wealth Management’s Alexandre Tavazzi

In June, money managers pulled US$3.9 billion from Treasuries, while adding US$10 billion to European and US investment-grade corporate debt.

Rising fiscal deficits drive billions into credit

[NEW YORK] Investors are showing signs of pulling money out of government bonds and ploughing it into US and European company debt.

Brookfield has sold US$13 billion of property already this year, including major deals in the US, Spain and Australia, in a sign that liquidity is returning even for larger portfolios.

Brookfield’s new real estate head sees return of mega deals

The recovery remains uneven, with demand focused on sectors like data centres, rental housing and some logistics properties where there are shortages of supply and robust demand