It will be the first commodity trading adviser strategy to be launched by Man Group's quantitative investment unit with Chinese partner Citic Securities.
Georgina Lee
As China opens its capital account, the country's foreign investor quota system is seen as declining in importance. In the second of two articles, AsianInvestor examines how prime brokers are responding.
As China opens its capital account, the country's foreign investor quota system is being seen as declining in importance. In a two-part series, AsianInvestor examines how prime brokers are responding.
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission alleges that Goldman Sachs caused the price of a stock to climb 95% because of an erroneous trade order.
The country's regulator is introducing mandatory reporting and clearing in stages. But fund managers would be better able to implement the rules if they were introduced at the same time, observers argue.
The Japanese fund firm is set to announce two new hires to bolster its 18-strong asset allocation team, with a conservative strategy primed to target Singaporean institutions.
The fund incubator says it is looking to add to its range of partner firms, notably focused on Greater China, after taking a 35% stake in Sydney-based Morphic Asset Management.
Some investors are asking for more information from their managers about dark pools following recent US investigations into these alternative trading venues.
Fund firms would be better able to comply with rules on the reporting of OTC derivatives trades in Singapore if ambiguities were cleared up, argues a senior executive at the trade depository.
Japan's $1.2 trillion state pension fund should be allowed to buy domestic shares and ought to boost its investment expertise, says the country's deputy policy chief.
Pre-trade checks and stock transfer restrictions are cited as particular problems for long-only managers who will look to trade A-shares via the Hong Kong-Shanghai stocks link.
There are two weeks to submit views on rules in Hong Kong that would require mandatory reporting for OTC derivatives at both the fund and manager level.