Fast-growing firms in Asia have stepped up issuance of convertible bonds, which often perform well in a rising interest-rate environment, notes Edmond de Rothschild AM.
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The asset manager hires Melissa Lee in a newly created role as head of institutional sales covering the region. Separately, its head of Asia sales, Lavin Mok, has left.
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Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management recommends taking positions in various growth themes within countries that continue to benefit from China’s economic expansion.
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But the country faces challenges in the form of an overheating property market, renminbi internationalisation and the need to reform a hybrid economic model, argues Pierre Ciret.