Insights
Singapore’ VCC funds: a “differentiating factor”
Singapore’s Variable Capital Company (VCC) fund structure has, in just five years, become globally competitive for a diverse array of investment strategies. It has become one of the city-state’s key differentiators as a global asset management hub.
Countdown to T+1
Finance firms worldwide are waking up to implications of T+1 settlement and most are unprepared for the conversion.
Competition in China’s custody market stiffens
China’s custodian banks have been on a roll over the past two decades. But now their margins are being squeezed and new challengers are appearing on multiple fronts. Apart from competition from within, custodian banks are also seeing their market share being eroded by securities companies in the mutual fund and private fund sectors. Foreign banks are also entering the scene.