The inclusion of 230-odd China A-shares was a hugely symbolic moment for investors in the region but the fund industry has failed to get ahead of the curve with most firms lacking dedicated teams of analysts or products to invest in the asset class.
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has nabbed a capital markets specialist from Vanguard Asset Management as it makes six appointments to its international ETFs business.
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has made a raft of hires to its global fixed income team to help address changing central bank monetary policy, rising interest rates and the late stages of the credit cycle.
JP Morgan Asset Management has announced a raft of hires to its UK fund sales team.
Controversial Venezuelan debt has been excluded from a new JP Morgan fixed income index for emerging market issuers with strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
The JP Morgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust has been touted as a stable alternative to Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, where careful succession planning following Mark Mobius’s retirement was thrown into disarray with the sudden departure of his replacement Carlos Hardenberg earlier this year.
Deutsche Bank has replaced British boss John Cryan with Christian Sewing, who it said will usher in a “new era” for the battered bank.
JP Morgan Asset Management’s decision to pass on some economies of scale through its operating expense fee is being welcomed as a step in the right direction, but asset managers should be re-examining their annual management charge in order to truly provide value for investors.
Just Eat saw roughly £600m wiped from its stock market value after it unveiled a £76m statutory loss in its annual results.
Jasper Berens, head of UK funds at JP Morgan Asset Management, is leaving the firm to “pursue other opportunities”.
European-domiciled emerging market (EM) funds have seen a spectacular turnaround in fortunes since the start of 2018, with inflows up €14.5bn (£12.8bn) during January to reach €11.4bn of assets under management, according to Morningstar data.
Jupiter Asset Management has appointed JP Morgan Asset Management’s (JPMAM) Talib Sheikh as head of its multi-asset strategy.
