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By Stanley Howard, Teneo Partners – Effective capital raising is generally a key, if not the primary objective of global fund managers when considering whether to establish a presence in Japan. Despite the Covid-19 induced acceleration of conducting business within virtual meeting environments, the positive impact of having a physical presence in Japan should not be minimised.
More than in other countries and regions, the importance of personal communication and relationship building in the Japanese culture is vital to sustained success. But how asset managers manage to achieve that objective in a cost-efficient way is a critical issue.
There are two principal
Interview with Alvaro Tamura, Gordian Capital.
What are some of the recent developments in the asset management business in Tokyo and what is the outlook?
The Covid-19 pandemic has slowed activities in 2020 but it is likely that some of the asset management trends that began around 2017 remain in place given the underlying factors driving those trends.
One exciting trend has been the steady number of Japan-based hedge funds being launched by managers with pedigree, track records, and assets to sustain them during the startup phase of their funds. The new Japan-based funds have strategies covering equity long/short, activism,
By A Paris – A stable, clean country, with a sensible government – Japan is well set for building out its fund industry. Proposals are being made to overcome barriers like high tax levels and legal restrictions, promising lower income and inheritance tax rates. And although the timeline of these changes is yet unknown, the plans bode well for the growth of the industry.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management is rolling out a new ESG-focused fixed income fund, which aims to tap into sustainability themes by trading a range of ‘best ideas’ credit opportunities across the capital structure in developed and emerging markets.
Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token trading platform, has added XRP (XRP), litecoin (LTC), EOS (EOS) and polkadot (DOT) as collateral on Bitfinex Borrow, a peer-to-peer (P2P) digital token loan portal.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Accern, a no-code AI platform, has launched the Accern AI Marketplace, which dramatically increases the speed enterprises can deploy and begin reaping the benefits of AI across their businesses. Accern’s AI Marketplace allows data scientists and business analysts to empower their business functions with over 400 ready-made AI use cases to automate manual workflows and enhance decisions. Accern says the result is a 24x gain in productivity for financial teams.
Use cases include but are not limited to insights on Credit Risk, ESG Behaviours, Covid-19, Anti-Money Laundering Analytics, Mergers and Acquisitions, and more. These ready-made use cases are backed by AI
Since launching on 10 December, 2018, Huobi Futures become one of the leading one-stop derivatives service platforms in the world, with cumulative trading volume exceeding USD2.6 trillion.Over the past two years, Huobi Futures has expanded its product offerings through various product lines (eg USDT-margined Swaps, Coin-margined swaps and futures, options) and it has been working diligently to provide users with one-stop, full-service, ample derivative product options.
Among the various product lines of Huobi Futures, USDT-margined Swaps is growing strongly, accounting for 22.7 per cent of the trading volume of all units as of December 3. Along with the new function
Drebbel, an end-to-end fintech sales company, has secured its first Chinese client, Shanghai-based Winner Futures, the ‘gateway for the fastest and most comprehensive access to the Chinese equities and futures markets’, primarily aimed at HFTs.
EEX is to introduce financially settled natural gas futures in the first quarter of 2021. The new futures will be offered for the Dutch (TTF), the Austrian (CEGH) and the German (NCG) market areas. The range of maturities for the new contracts will cover the full curve and also include Day, Weekend and Week contracts in addition to the monthly, quarterly, seasonal and annual expiries. The financial futures will be settled against EEX’s European Gas Spot Index (EGSI).
This launch will not only extend the range of trading opportunities for the customers, it will also enable EEX to launch spark spread
Managers should be looking to shore up their internal processes and security, focusing on improved end-point protection and appropriate training for staff to recognise anomalies. This is critical as cybersecurity develops further to keep ahead of the hackers.
