Capital Group CEO sees mid-sized asset managers getting ‘hollowed out’
Capital Group CEO Mike Gitlin expects smaller boutique firms to survive on satellite allocations and larger firms taking more market share of investors’ core exposure.
Fund news
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Wellington launches multi-manager absolute return UCITS fund
The Wellington Absolute Return Global Equity fund will invest across its in-house funds.
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Dividend and value funds top US equity charts year-to-date
As the S&P 500 index verges on the edge of a correction, FSA looks at which US equity funds have managed to outperform year-to-date in 2026.
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Wrise partners with ChinaAMC (HK) to offer Asia bond fund
The income share class of the ChinaAMC Select Asia Bond fund is designed for yield and diversification
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Federated Hermes Asia ex-Japan equity fund recognized by MAS
The $5bn fund is the first Federated Hermes strategy to receive retail registration in Asia Pacific.
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RBC BlueBay launches its first Japan bond fund
The fund managers expect Japanese pension funds to reallocate to domestic bonds.
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Lombard Odier and Polar Capital partner on healthcare fund
The new fund marks the latest addition to the wealth manager’s internal fund platform.
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JPMAM unveils derivative-income ETF in Taiwan
It is the first Taiwan actively managed equity ETF to adopt a covered call strategy.
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Investors risk jumping from the frying pan into the fire: AllianceBernstein
Kent Hargis, CIO of strategic core equities at AllianceBernstein, told FSA that the AI winners and losers are not as obvious as markets suggest.
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LGI lists physical gold ETF in Singapore
The ETF aims to track the performance of the London Bullion Market Association Gold Price AM.
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ACP launches Sri Lanka Opportunity fund
The fund will focus on the beneficiaries of Sri Lanka’s economic restructuring.
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Brown Advisory launches new global value strategy
The flagship Global Value Select and International Value Select funds are led by former Schroders global value head Nick Kirrage.
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Syfe partners with JPMAM to launch active ETFs in Singapore
The Equity Alpha active ETF targets an annual alpha of 0.5% to 1.0%.
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St. James’s Place revises global equity fund
SJP Global Equity fund will now be called the SJP Global Lower Carbon Equity Unit Trust.
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CMBI and MA Financial launch a jointly managed Apac credit opportunities fund
The MA CMBI APAC Credit Opportunities fund will focus on committing capital to performing credit investments in Asia Pacific.
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DBS and Granite Asia partner for AI IPO fund
The AI IPO fund aims to accelerate the region’s AI ecosystem, and give DBS wealth clients exclusive access to IPOs of AI-driven companies in Asia
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Amundi launches US equity income fund in Hong Kong and Singapore
The launch comes a few months after Amundi expanded its fixed income offering in the region.