The Securities Commission will cooperate with the EU under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. But the number of Malaysian fund houses marketing to European investors may be limited.
Yang Qiumei’s international experience and relationships will be crucial to her role as head of the fund-focused regulatory trade body’s new Hong Kong office.
A private equity COO fears rule tightening is too broad-brush and will inflate costs, while a fund-of-hedge-fund COO says clarity is needed over new reporting requirements.