Mutual funds
AK Asset Management's Turkish delight
Turkish delight
Alceda wraps real assets into its structures
The lure of Luxembourg
Chinese investors get access to international physically backed gold ETFs
Lion Fund Management has launched its first mutual fund after receiving a QDII license. Investing in gold-backed exchange-traded funds, the fund is the first of its kind in China.
The indexes that are bridging the gap between active and passive investing
Many passive returns
Indian regulator tightens derivatives rules
Sebi has banned mutual funds from writing options and placed prudential limits on the amount of derivatives investments that can be made by mutual funds in the country in a bid to tighten regulation
Haitong debuts RMB mutual fund in Hong Kong
The head of Hai Tong Asset Management in Hong Kong, which debuted the financial centre’s first renminbi mutual fund, says he expects an offshore renminbi convertible bond to emerge in Hong Kong and believes Beijing will approve a ‘mini-QFII’.
Aviva to launch mutual fund-structured product hybrid
Aviva is launching a fund in the US that operates as a cross between a mutual fund and a structured product, combining liquidity and capital protection
Malaysian investors hunt for hybrids
Hybrid structures are increasingly popular in Malaysia as investors look to keep the cost of hedging down and moving away from capital protected products
SEC fund reforms may cost investors
Efforts by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislators to reform mutual fund practices following late trading and market-timing scandals in the US last year may ultimately impair performance and cost investors more in fees and charges.
SEC fund reforms may cost investors
Efforts by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislators to reform mutual fund practices following late trading and market-timing scandals in the US last year may ultimately impair performance and cost investors more in fees and charges.
SEC fund reforms may cost investors
Efforts by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislators to reform mutual fund practices following late trading and market-timing scandals in the US last year may ultimately impair performance and cost investors more in fees and charges.
SEC fund reforms may cost investors
Efforts by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislators to reform mutual fund practices following late trading and market-timing scandals in the US last year may ultimately impair performance and cost investors more in fees and charges.
SIA proposes ways for mutual-fund fees disclosure
The Securities Industry Association has proposed a system of Web-based and toll-free telephone disclosure of brokerage firms' relationships with mutual-fund companies. SIA said this would provide investors with thorough, easy-to-understand disclosure of…
Mantas and IBM collaborate for trading abuse monitor
Mantas, a compliance technology provider for the financial services and telecommunications industries, has partnered with IBM to develop Mutual Fund Monitor, a system developed to enable fund managers to detect market timing, late trading, self-dealing…
Mutual funds: Reputational repair
Stung by market timing and late-trading scandals, US mutual funds such as Putnam are scrambling to shore up their battered reputations. But the fallout may be far from over.
SIA defends revenue sharing between broker-dealers and mutual funds
The Securities Industry Association (SIA) has defended revenue sharing, a practice in which a mutual fund adviser pays additional compensation to a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary for additional administrative services, such as marketing…
Trema survey highlights poor operational risk controls
Trema, the Sophia Antipolis-based provider of asset management technology, has released the results of its Asset Management STP Survey conducted between June and August this year.
Asset manager technology hinders op risk management
Less than 40% of global asset managers believe they have the necessary technology to manage operational risk and automation issues effectively, according to a survey released last week.