fund management

Environmental, Social and Governance

Big ESG funds are doing worse than the S&P 500

The fund declines are occurring during the most turbulent period for the S&P 500 since the global financial crisis of 2008.
UOB reports 46% q-o-q growth in net profit to $1 bil for 1Q21 on record fee income - THE EDGE SINGAPORE

Results

UOB reports 46% q-o-q growth in net profit to $1 bil for 1Q21 on record fee income

UOB achieved record fee income of $638 million for the period, up 22% q-o-q.

Financially Savvy

VCC could raise Singapore's profile as fund management hub

Singapore’s position as a fund management and wealth management centre was further enhanced this year with the launch of the variable capital com-pany (VCC) structure by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Accounting a

Global Markets

Singapore finance professionals expect S&P 500 and MSCI World Index to be down 12.5% and 10.4% this year, says Natixis survey

More than half, or 53% of the respondents, believe that the initial volatility caused by the coronavirus crisis as driven more by sentiment than by fundamentals.

Broker's Calls

This developer remains the best proxy to a residential segment recovery: RHB

SINGAPORE (Mar 20): RHB is resuming coverage on City Developments (CDL) with an upgrade to “buy” from “take profit”, and a revised target price of $15 from $11.30 previously on expectations of an impending recovery of the residential segment this

Funds

Singapore eDevelopment fund achieves 10% net return in first year

SINGAPORE (June 15): Singapore eDevelopment (SeD) says its Global Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund has achieved a gross and net return of 15% and 10% respectively in its first year of operation.

In print this week

Marvelstone Capital to launch robo-advisor platform for family offices in Asia

SINGAPORE (March 31): Marvelstone Capital plans to launch a new robo-advisor platform in 3Q this year, which is to be available on desktop and mobile for the asset management company’s clients.

CWG’s Richmont Capital launches US$20 mil fund to invest in group’s overseas projects

SINGAPORE (March 17): Shanghai Richmont Equity Investment Management (Richmont Capital), the wholly-owned fund management subsidiary of property developer CWG International, will be launching a US$20 million ($28 million) overseas property fund to invest

Broker's Calls

GLP started at ‘buy’ by UOB on asset-light appeal

SINGAPORE (Nov 23): UOB Kay Hian has started coverage of Global Logistic Properties (GLP) with a “buy” call and target price of $2.40, citing its transformation into an asset-light model.
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