Hannah Williford, Author at Fund Selector Asia https://fundselectorasia.com/author/hannah-williford/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:37:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://fundselectorasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/fsa-icon-rgb-150x150.png Hannah Williford, Author at Fund Selector Asia https://fundselectorasia.com/author/hannah-williford/ 32 32 Pictet’s Ramjee: Corporate bonds ‘paradoxically safer’ than government https://fundselectorasia.com/pictets-ramjee-corporate-bonds-paradoxically-safer-than-government/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:37:00 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=37231

Pictet’s Shaniel Ramjee on the current state of corporate and government bonds.

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Amundi launches private credit fund with First Eagle https://fundselectorasia.com/amundi-launches-private-credit-fund-with-first-eagle/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 02:01:00 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=37160

It will act as a sub-fund for First Eagle’s US private credit strategy.

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Hamilton Lane offers tokenised fund access with Allfunds Blockchain partnership https://fundselectorasia.com/hamilton-lane-offers-tokenised-fund-access-with-allfunds-blockchain-partnership/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:27:00 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=37079

Apex Group to act as transfer agent for strategies.

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St. James’s Place to cut 500 jobs https://fundselectorasia.com/st-jamess-place-to-cut-500-jobs-in-cost-reduction-programme/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 03:35:03 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=37008

SJP is aiming to save multi-millions in costs by 2030.

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Amundi launches India Bond fund with SBI FM https://fundselectorasia.com/amundi-launches-india-bond-fund-with-sbi-fm/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:49:36 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=36904

The fund will focus on Indian local debt and money market securities.

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Thinking Ahead: Largest asset managers grow AUM by 12.5% in 2023 https://fundselectorasia.com/thinking-ahead-largest-asset-managers-grow-aum-by-12-5-in-2023/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:45:00 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=36701

Passive strategies reach over a third of AUM for largest asset managers.

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Morningstar: Thematic fund assets double in past five years despite volatility https://fundselectorasia.com/morningstar-thematic-fund-assets-double-in-past-five-years-despite-volatility/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:55:38 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=36719

However, the sector has experienced volatility and inconsistency.

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Bank of America: Investors ‘nervous bulls’ as four in five anticipate soft landing https://fundselectorasia.com/bank-of-america-investors-nervous-bulls-as-four-in-five-anticipate-soft-landing/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 01:03:00 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=36538

BoA marks commodities as top contrarian move.

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Morningstar: Active managed portfolios now make up less than half of offerings https://fundselectorasia.com/morningstar-active-managed-portfolios-now-make-up-less-than-half-of-offerings/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:55:44 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=36479 SPIVA: Few of Japan's active managers beat the index

Managed portfolio services labelled by their providers as active have declined to 48% of Morningstar's database at the end of July 2024.

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LGIM’s Rees: How bonds play into Magnificent Seven ‘FOMO’ https://fundselectorasia.com/lgims-rees-how-bonds-play-into-magnificent-seven-fomo/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:23:44 +0000 https://fundselectorasia.com/?p=36440

Matthew Rees, head of global bond strategies at LGIM, explains why he expects flow into fixed income to pick up.

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