With an RMB clearing bank about to be established in Taiwan, industry players reflect on the potential opportunities and how they believe the market will grow.
iShares takes the most net new money into its Asia-Pacific ex-Japan-listed exchange-traded funds in the first quarter, at the expense of firms such as Polaris and State Street Global Advisors.
Strategic Insight research shows Asia-based funds overall had a good, not great year in 2011, in line with the US and in contrast to Europe; but only the top managers benefited.
The Taiwanese ETF player has lined up partnership deals with Hong KongÆs BOCI-Prudential and ChinaÆs Fortis Haitong. More deals in Singapore and Malaysia are in the works.