An undeniable move towards ESG-based investing is throwing up investable opportunities that bear out in the long term, according to the manager of about US$177 billion in assets. “A failure to act on climate is really the largest risk stated by the World Economic Forum that we face as a global economy,” said Graeme Baker, the co-portfolio manager of the […]

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Investec Asset Management will rebrand to ‘Ninety One’ once it completes its demerger from Investec Group. The new name takes inspiration from the firm’s roots as a “start-up asset manager” that launched in South Africa in 1991. The rebrand will take place on the fund manager’s listing day, which is slated for 1Q20. The demerger, which was announced in September […]

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Investec Asset Management has formally announced its hire of John Cappetta, Julius Baer’s former head of funds advisory, in what is a major coup for the asset manager’s private banking distribution business in Asia. Cappetta will remain in Singapore to manage and drive Investec’s private banking distribution business across the region as its head of private banking, Asia advisor, the […]

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Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has added a director to its advisory and investment solutions team in Hong Kong as the bank prepares a raft of new features for its digital flat-fee advisory offering, dbXpert. Zandrew Liu has joined the team from Investec Asset Management where he was a sales director covering private bank distribution. His appointment was confirmed by a […]

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Invesco is warning HNWIs to be mindful of concentration risks in certain markets when investing in real estate. “For the most part, high net worth investors have limited avenues to access large-scale commercial real estate investment opportunities, whether it be offices, logistics or retail,” Simon Redman, managing director, client portfolio management at Invesco Real Estate, told Asian Private Banker. “HNW […]

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This is a sponsored article from Investec Asset Management. Asian markets are powering ahead with renewed confidence in 2018. They have started the New Year in a mood of buoyant optimism after the year-end saw them rise more than 50% from their 2016 lows. The sound foundations of Asia’s stellar 2017 market performance were productive growth and a cut in […]

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Only 30% of Asia’s sophisticated investors believe that passive funds will replace actively managed accounts as their core investment strategies, compared with 57% of retail customers in the region, according to a survey by fintech company Calastone. “It seems that many of our respondents think sophisticated investors need sophisticated funds,” the report explains. “If so, this finding could signal a […]

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Asia’s asset managers are, of course, eager to capture inflows from locals and further afield, but local investment bias is holding back the growth of the region’s industry. That is according to Beonca Yip, head of sales at Investec Asset Management, who says that those asset managers that will grow at a faster rate and capture more opportunities in the […]

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Old investor habits die hard, according to Beonca Yip, regional head of advisory distribution, Asia ex-Japan at Investec Asset Management, who tells APB Mandate that the ostensible lure of mutual funds in the midst of Asia market volatility and China’s slowdown has not yet translated into substantial inflows in the region. Compared with their European counterparts who have put an average […]

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