The public pension fund reserve saw AUM top Rmb1 trillion after a local government mandate and healthy returns. If it continues to diversify, it's expected to raise mandated assets.
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Party secretary Dai Xianglong expects China's National Social Security Fund to more than quadruple assets by 2020. The market is forecasting it will outsource more to foreign firms.
Consultancy Z-Ben Advisors lists the fund houses it believes were the biggest winners and losers in 2012. Eyes will be on equities this year, with MMFs and bond funds under threat.
AUM rises 30% in 2012 after an A-share rebound and contrived flows into money-market funds. Industry assets could surge to a new high, with equity managers in line to benefit.
The Dutch firm sells its 33% holding in China Merchants FMC to its two local partners in an industry first. While any future sale of a stake in the firm could be pricey, it might be money well spent.
China's insurance regulator has awarded asset management licences to seven domestic fund houses and two brokerages as it ups liberalisation. The next batch is expected soon.