Funds

Cohorts of pussyfooters tiptoe around extravagance curbs

1 Feb 2013

We see that Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has reiterated his call for a curb on official banquets and has called on all government agencies to tone down official receptions to end extravagance...

What will the banks sell in 2013

7 Jan 2013

The new year has arrived and times are changing. There is less gloom about the euro zone, the United States steered clear of its fiscal cliff and the mainland economy seems to be spluttering back...

Year of the bonds

31 Dec 2012

For all the gloom, some may overlook the fact that 2012 was a great year. Virtually all asset classes scored gains, with even equity markets venturing into positive territory thanks to a second-...

Asset manager Cathay Conning seeks Asian growth

10 Dec 2012

Cathay Conning Asset Management, a joint venture between Taiwan's Cathay Financial and US-based Conning Asset Management, wants to grow its Asian business out of Hong Kong by investing in Asian...

Asian funds buy into London for impressive returns

29 Nov 2012

Asian investors are the biggest buyers of office property in the City of London this year, wagering that the financial district's volatile market has changed since it routed Japanese buyers in the...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

MPF funds: a chooser's guide

New rules enabling members of Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) to transfer their contributions to a provider of their choice have increased the range of funds.

Candidates campaign expenses shed little light on source of funds

On the bright, sunny morning of September 9, a 60-seat coach trundled to a halt outside a primary school in the New Territories. Its elderly passengers made their slow and steady way to the...

How to get the best MPF funds

Thinking about changing your MPF plan? The recently implemented portability scheme gives you some freedom to move. And, as you search through fund data, you will notice there is much to choose...

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Mizuho to open China fund despite Japanese dispute

Mizuho Asset Management, a unit of Japan's third-biggest lender, is opening a China fund, betting that new leaders in the world's No 2 economy will boost growth and quell a territorial dispute...

First A-share ETF gets a lukewarm response in HK

The first A-share exchange-traded fund attracted only 103.37 million yuan (HK$125.78 million) of trading in its debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange - a disappointing result that brokers blamed...

High fliers andlow riders

With thanks to research firm Lipper, Money Post ranks the top and bottom performing mutual funds based on first-half performance. All returns are net of fees and all funds are approved for sale in...