IFRI highlights rapid growth and challenges of Chinese FDI in Europe
More foreign direct investment from China to be expected
Asia
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Amundi launches India Bond fund with SBI FM
Fund to focus on Indian local debt and money market securities
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Franklin Templeton launches FTSE Japan ETF
Aims to encapsulate 90% of the investable Japanese equity market
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Where next for Japan’s economy and markets?
Could the economy’s unexpected shrink in Q1 derail the enthusiasm for Japanese equities?
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Three factors that could ‘change the script’ for Asian equity funds
Asian equity funds may now lose the headwind of China, and gain the tailwind of the technology cycle
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Can ‘value up’ governance reforms address the ‘Korea discount’?
Korea is following in Japan’s footsteps in implementing governance reform, writes Christian Mayes
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Free-trade agreement between India and EFTA nears reality
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is coming close to finalising a free-trade deal with India, according to multiple sources. Made up of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, EFTA is set to sign a deal that may see it invest up to $100bn (€93bn) into India. Such a move, wrote euronews, would be unprecedented in…
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Should worsening East-West trade tensions worry investors?
G7 meeting showed relationship with China will remain ‘a source of uncertainty’
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Is Asia on the backfoot when it comes to ESG?
‘Suppression of ethnic groups such as the Uyghurs, Tibetans and Mongols has attracted considerable international attention’
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Is it finally the era of Asian dominance?
The term ‘Asian Century’ entered common usage in the 1980s, as a way of describing the region’s anticipated economic dominance in the 21st century, writes Sunny Bangia, portfolio manager at Antipodes Partners.
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What now for Asia’s debt markets?
Chinese property and Thai banks are garnering interest
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Manulife IM rolls out sustainable Asia bond fund to Europe
It plus two other funds are available in the UK, Germany and Italy with Switzerland expected to follow shortly