Morningstar: Higher starting yields give fixed income investors more cushion
A Morningstar report says the recent volatility in the bond market has created “one of the most compelling opportunities in years”.
Hong Kong and Singapore investors are more comfortable with their choices and are guided by professional advisers.
Seviora Capital is integrating with Azalea and SeaTown to create a new combined asset manager.
Advisers in Asia are committing to alternatives at a time of markedly lower confidence, the survey found.
The Baillie Gifford Enhanced Yield fund is a short-duration bond strategy in tokenised form.
Anirudh Singh joins from UBS.
The MAS will place S$1.45bn with HSBC Asset Management, Amundi, Franklin Templeton, M&G Investments and Natixis Investment Management.
Connall McGuckian has been named managing director, head of Singapore, responsible for driving growth in Asia Pacific.
Aline Pacheco is joining Bank of Singapore as market group head for Asean.
DBS and Avaloq expand their partnership to develop wealth management technology and adviser capabilities in Asia.
High headline yields are still widely available, but tight credit spreads, elevated equity valuations and shifting correlations are changing where the strongest risk-adjusted income can be found. Flexibility may now matter as much as yield, says Grégoire Durel, Senior Investment Specialist, US, Amundi.
Singapore-based asset management firm Paragon Capital has hired former UBS and Credit Suisse MD as chief commercial officer.
Following its initial launch in Hong Kong, Singapore is the second market to introduce HSBC Access.
The five internal appointees have been re-located to Hong Kong and Singapore.
Steven Chua be head of retail intermediaries, Singapore, and Suleen Law has been hired as head of private banks and family offices.
The new office will also support the expansion of IFM’s private market capabilities across Asia.
As companies stay private longer and capture more of their growth while still private, a deepening secondary market and the rise of evergreen funds are strengthening the case for accessing venture capital and growth equity through evergreen vehicles.