fund management

Funds

Nordea Asset Management’s 12 flagship funds now available for retail distribution in Singapore

The 12 funds were previously only available to institutional and accredited investors in Singapore.

Environmental, Social and Governance

Big ESG funds are doing worse than the S&P 500

The fund declines are occurring during the most turbulent period for the S&P 500 since the global financial crisis of 2008.
UOB reports 46% q-o-q growth in net profit to $1 bil for 1Q21 on record fee income - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Results

UOB reports 46% q-o-q growth in net profit to $1 bil for 1Q21 on record fee income

UOB achieved record fee income of $638 million for the period, up 22% q-o-q.

Financially Savvy

VCC could raise Singapore's profile as fund management hub

Singapore’s position as a fund management and wealth management centre was further enhanced this year with the launch of the variable capital com-pany (VCC) structure by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Accounting a

Global Markets

Singapore finance professionals expect S&P 500 and MSCI World Index to be down 12.5% and 10.4% this year, says Natixis survey

More than half, or 53% of the respondents, believe that the initial volatility caused by the coronavirus crisis as driven more by sentiment than by fundamentals.

Broker's Calls

This developer remains the best proxy to a residential segment recovery: RHB

SINGAPORE (Mar 20): RHB is resuming coverage on City Developments (CDL) with an upgrade to “buy” from “take profit”, and a revised target price of $15 from $11.30 previously on expectations of an impending recovery of the residential segment this

Funds

Singapore eDevelopment fund achieves 10% net return in first year

SINGAPORE (June 15): Singapore eDevelopment (SeD) says its Global Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund has achieved a gross and net return of 15% and 10% respectively in its first year of operation.

In print this week

Marvelstone Capital to launch robo-advisor platform for family offices in Asia

SINGAPORE (March 31): Marvelstone Capital plans to launch a new robo-advisor platform in 3Q this year, which is to be available on desktop and mobile for the asset management company’s clients.

CWG’s Richmont Capital launches US$20 mil fund to invest in group’s overseas projects

SINGAPORE (March 17): Shanghai Richmont Equity Investment Management (Richmont Capital), the wholly-owned fund management subsidiary of property developer CWG International, will be launching a US$20 million ($28 million) overseas property fund to invest

Broker's Calls

GLP started at ‘buy’ by UOB on asset-light appeal

SINGAPORE (Nov 23): UOB Kay Hian has started coverage of Global Logistic Properties (GLP) with a “buy” call and target price of $2.40, citing its transformation into an asset-light model.
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