It would make little sense for China to accept Ucits funds or to merge with other Asian passport schemes, says Sean Tuffy, head of regulatory intelligence at custody bank BBH.
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Programmes including mutual recognition, Asean CIS, QFII, RQFII and Stock Connect appear to have fallen in favour, while ARFP, QDII, QDLP and QDIE have gained popularity.
Six nations signed a statement of understanding to join the Asia Region Funds Passport at the Apec finance ministers meeting in Cebu. However, Singapore was not among them.
In a debate over what would make an Asia fund passport successful, panelists in Singapore question why Asia has not tried to plagarise Europe's successful cross-border scheme.
Ucits product is likely to be part of the mutual recognition scheme within two years, says the head of the Luxembourg funds association, despite a previous attempt to join being rejected by China.
Thailand’s biggest asset manager has seen a sharp uptick in flows into its foreign feeder funds and is working on building teams with a view to launching Asean products.
