When K-pop sensations BTS and Blackpink performed in Hong Kong, the city’s private bankers were among the throngs of dedicated fans eager to get their hands on tickets. Now, their clients will get the opportunity to cash in on the US$8 billion South Korean pop culture wave. In March this year, Global X ETFs, an affiliate of the Korean-headquartered US$548 […]

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Greenwashing, product availability, and doubts about underperformance are continuing to raise apprehensions around ESG investments. While investments focused on positive environmental impact (‘E’) remain the top choice for investors — the ‘S’ and the ‘G’ are not getting as much attention. That is according to the panellists and attendees of The Next Stage of the Journey for ESG in Asia […]

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UOB Asset Management (UOB AM) will tie up with Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong) (Mirae Asset) as part of a plan to jointly distribute ETFs across Asia over the next three years. Singapore-based UOB AM will partner with Mirae Asset, the manager of the Global X ETFs series, in Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, according to a […]

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This is a sponsored article from Global X ETFs   China has been undergoing disruptive changes in technology, people and demographics, as well as the physical environment. Spurred by rapid advances in technological innovation and public investment, the country is driving major transformations in its energy consumption structure to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, aiming to achieve the ambitious goal […]

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Asia’s wealthy investors are looking beyond the traditional consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors and increasingly focusing on evolved consumer funds, according to Mirae Asset Global Investments (HK). Compared with a few years ago, when Asia was mainly export and investment-oriented, the region now is experiencing an inflection point and steadily transforming into a consumer-driven area. As the region’s HNWIs […]

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Mirae Asset Global Investments has lost its head of international business development, seven years after joining the firm’s Hong Kong offices. Having driven the the business’ global expansion, Ashley Dale exits the South Korean asset manager, whose business includes private banking distribution in Hong Kong and Singapore. Sources tell Asian Private Banker that Dale will resurface at Harvest Global Investments on July 1. […]

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With Asia’s more sophisticated investors slowly pivoting away from purely domestic strategies, the onus is falling on private banks to offer up more pan-Asian solutions. However, Rhee Jung Ho, Mirae Asset’s president and chief executive, believes that the “strong home bias preference” at Asian private banks for single-market strategies remains a significant obstacle for clients who would like to diversify investments beyond […]

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After more than two years with the local bank, the former Chong Hing head of private banking has resurfaced. Philip Cheung has joined Mirae Asset Wealth Management as the new head of wealth management, based in Hong Kong. Prior to this role, Cheung was head of premium and private banking department at Chong Hing bank since 2013. Cheung has more […]

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