While Invesco asset management sought to unify its multiple systems to better serve its clients, asset owner APG evolved its own system to grow its portfolio for its Dutch pension members.
Investors are not totally clear about what they are getting into when they buy low-volatility products and could be shocked at the risks they are unwittingly taking, according to experts.
More EM fixed income investors are turning to passive approaches as they appreciate the cost-effective and diversified nature of passively managed vehicles such as ETFs, says Matthew J. Arnold of SSGA.
Former CEO of Oppenheimer Investments Asia, Steve Bernstein, is to run a portfolio management services platform out of Hong Kong for Taiwanese firm SinoPac Holdings.
The firm promotes Hidehiro Nakayama as institutions continue to seek liquidity and transparency. Its portfolio management and trading build-out is 80% complete.