The bank's senior economist, Frederic Neumann, highlights three reasons why investors should be worried as Asian growth appears predicated on pumping economies full of credit.
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Institutions are taking greater interest in Asian credit hedge funds amid low interest rates, high issuance of regional credit and volatile markets.
Asset managers appear resigned to the drive by governments globally to collaborate on information exchange and withholding requirements for combating tax evasion, says JP Morgan.
The HK asset manager has doubled its AUM after being handed a long-only corporate bond portfolio by a reinsurance firm. It is also planning a private-lending strategy.
The US bank has brought in a dedicated resource to provide operational support to what it puts at three-dozen hedge funds – and counting – that are running credit strategies in Asia.
Renaud de Planta, one of Pictet’s eight partners, discusses the firm's strategy for its Asia funds business, which includes a major regional expansion.
Even though Philippine stocks are trading at a premium to Asian markets, investors are attracted by a strong domestic growth story. But that's not to say there aren't downside risks.
Asian insurers should consider providing corporate financing to boost investment yields, argue BlackRock and Société Générale.
Five people including credit PM Scott Bennett have lost their roles at Aberdeen Asset Management, but the firm is boosting its fixed-income team in other ways.
The firm brings in a sell-side credit veteran as it continues to build its regional investment team.
The US house’s head of Asian fixed income says a renewed focus on the region’s bonds should result in a change in how they are priced and traded, amid a strong home bias.
The UK asset manager has hired Kon Chee-Keat in Singapore. He came from Lion Global Investors, where he has been replaced by a former Deutsche AM veteran.
