Standard Chartered Bank has been granted a domestic fund custody licence by the China Securities Regulatory Commission – which the firm claims is a first for an overseas bank.
Melbourne-based Warakirri Asset Management has hired Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Investor & Treasury Services to conduct its core custody, fund administration, registry and risk and investment analytics.
The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea has chosen State Street to provide back and middle-office outsourcing services.
State Street has appointed Kamal Jandu, a former Citibank executive, as head of insurance services for the Asia-Pacific region.
Deutsche Bank has named Hans-Dieter Holtzmann as chief country officer and head of global transaction banking in Vietnam.
Hong Kong Baptist University has selected Northern Trust to provide global custody and accounting service for its endowment.
UBS Asset Management has hired Sebastien Chaker as head of sales for its Fondcenter platform in Hong Kong.
Northern Trust will appoint Angelo Calvitto as head of its Australasian business, replacing Madeleine Senior, who will take on a leadership role in London.
The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan has selected StepStone Infrastructure & Real Assets to manage an infrastructure fund of funds mandate.
Frontier market investors have arrived in countries under sanctions and embargoes, such as Iran and Cuba, even those without stock markets, such as North Korea and Myanmar. Stefanie Eschenbacher investigates the investment opportunities.
Caroline Higgins of Northern Trust tells George Mitton about A-share inclusion, ETF Connect and why Cayman funds predominate in the region.
Formed by a merger in 2012, Old Mutual Global Investors was little-known in Asia. Carol Wong, managing director for Asia-Pacific, is changing that. She talks to George Mitton.
The impact of financial technology, developments in Asian passporting and the promise of new markets in Thailand were among the topics discussed by our panel. Chaired by George Mitton in Singapore.
Our panel discussed robo-advisers, ETF Connect, and why the mutual recognition of funds (MRF) scheme will take time to develop. Chaired by George Mitton in Hong Kong.
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Alternatives are in the spotlight as fund managers ramp up their abilities to manage these kinds of assets. Which of the main alternative asset classes will attract the most assets? And what will happen to speculative investments such as cryptocurrency? We want your view on the development of this sector. |
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November 2018
FundTech 2018