Matthews Asia’s latest fund to target Asian high yield
Matthews Asia has added to its fixed income capability with the unveiling of an Asian debt vehicle.
Matthews Asia has added to its fixed income capability with the unveiling of an Asian debt vehicle.
Asian equities are going through tough times, writes Rowan Dartington investment director Tim Cockerill, but that does not mean investors cannot make healthy long-term returns with the right funds.
It has certainly been an interesting year for investors in Chinese equities, to put it mildly.
Forecasts are tough in any business, says Robert Harvey, manager of Matthews Asia’s Asia Small Companies Fund, but politics is tougher than most to divine the outcome of future market events.
The consensus view that China’s cuts to banks’ required reserve ratios were a stimulative measure is negated by the mechanics of Chinese banking system itself, says Matthews Asia’s Andy Rothman.
Rising incomes within the middle class and increasing consumer appetites across Asia will feed back to investors in the Japanese equity market, says Matthews Asia’s Kenichi Amaki.
Asia and Japan continue to feature prominently on investor radar as two firms unveil funds targeting the regions.
Walking the beat and stockpicking are two very different worlds, but Sunil Asnani, head of Matthews Asia’s India Fund, says that policing the Indian streets is what gave him the stomach for stockpicking.
Neil Steedman, formerly head of UK discretionary sales at Aberdeen has joined Matthews Asia as head of UK business development.
Fund Selector Asia's Head-to-Head feature puts two funds with similar investment objectives against each other to find out which one has the edge.
With the prospects of rising interest rates in the UK and the US and continued uncertainty in the market more generally, many investors are looking to shorten the duration within their bond portfolios.
Matthews Asia has launched a new strategic income fund, as an expansion of its Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS fund range.