Chinese asset managers are looking to expand overseas, but will they grow organinically or go down the M&A route?

Asia’s rapid growth is credited with driving wealth creation in the region, but rich individuals are also emerging from more sluggish economies

Lion Global Investors’ chief executive Gerard Lee explains why using third party agents can help the Singapore-based firm expand overseas

Sarasin’s Asian CEO Enid Yip discusses the bank’s plans to educate Eastern clients about thematic and environmental concepts

Many private banks in Asia are keen to develop a region-specific approach to asset allocation. What is more, the second stage of their plan is often to tempt European clients with a taste of what can be achieved with specialist Far Eastern allocations.

Ashish Khetan, Kotak Mahindra

Following the financial crisis, risk management is firmly on the agenda, but Asian clients like to spread their wealth across a number of private banks, creating greater challenges for providers

Holistic approach’ is one of private bankers’ favourite expressions when it comes to risk management. Like holistic medicine looks at the entire person without treating one particular symptom, a holistic risk management technique must analyse a portfolio of assets in its entirety.

India

Ajay Bagga

Head Private Wealth Management, Deutsche Bank India

Eun Jung Lim, Woori Investment & Securities

New rules have seen Korea’s securities firms join major banks in developing asset management capabilities, while the growth of funds looks set to continue

The South Korean wealth management space is heating up and has become more diversified and competitive recently. This is since securities companies, which until two years ago could only offer brokerage and investment banking services, were also allowed asset management capabilities by new regulations.

Emerging market strategies now form the core of investors’ portfolios, but opinion remains divided as how best to harness the rapid growth seen across the developing world

Asian investors are reluctant to place money with hedge funds, preferring other alternatives such as commodities as a way of diversifying their portfolios