Abraham Darwyne

4 days ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Nomura Asset Management (AM) is planning to launch more UCITS funds for the Hong Kong retail market as part of the firm’s global push to grow its wholesale business. Davy Yuen, head of wholesale business at Nomura AM Hong Kong, told FSA in an interview that Hong Kong is a key priority for the firm in Asia due to its mature and developed fund market. “Our goal is to introduce some of our best-selling funds from our global UCITS platform and bring them to the Hong Kong market,” he said.

1 week ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Raffles Family Office has hired Terence Seow as managing director, board advisor to support strategic guidance for the multi-family office. Seow (pictured), a banking veteran with 40 years of experience, previously held senior positions at Citibank, DBS and most recently Bank of Singapore.

1 week ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Investors will start to look outside the box to diversify if US Treasuries sell-off during risk-off events, according to Jean-Charles Sambor, head of emerging markets (EM) debt at TT International. He pointed to a profound change occurring in the correlations between different asset classes in financial markets since Trump’s tariffs were announced. “You’ve had this very interesting change in correlations across multiple asset classes,” Sambor (pictured) told FSA.

1 week ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

Amundi has hired Jian Xiong (pictured) to strengthen its investment offerings and bespoke solutions for insurance clients in Asia. Based in the firm’s Singapore office, Xiong will report to Eddy Wong, chief executive officer, Asia and Lawrence Wee, head of institutional sales, South Asia. Xiong was previously a senior director in Aberdeen Group’s Apac insurance solutions team. He is also a member of the Expert Committee at the Insurance Asset Management Association of China (IAMAC).

1 week ago | fundselectorasia.com | Abraham Darwyne

An actively managed 60/40 portfolio can deliver equity-like returns with half the volatility, according to Alexis Lavergne, fixed income investment specialist at Janus Henderson. After the interest rate hikes of 2022 wreaked havoc on portfolios made up of 60% equities and 40% bonds, some pundits were quick to declare the popular asset allocation strategy dead.