HSBC Investments

Jeffrey Lum has almost doubled technology exposure in the Marlborough Far East Growth fund over the first quarter of the year.

Standard & Poor's Fund Services has awarded three HSBC Global Asset Management tracker funds ‘AAA' ratings.

HSBC Global Asset Management will launch an absolute return global emerging markets fund later this month.

HSBC Global Asset Management is to launch a Ucits III European absolute return fund next month.

Premier Asset Management plans to relax the ethical policy on its £52m Fellowship fund to allow access to certain stock in previously vetoed sectors.

The global economy is at last enjoying a return to growth, albeit slowly, and given the progress so far we are very positive in our outlook for Brazil.

Cost and value were the central factors in the active or passive debate 15 years ago and it is much the same today, the major difference being that funds find themselves in competition with their own peers rather than each other

HSBC is considering launching a global fund of passive funds as a low cost alternative to its actively-managed vehicle.

HSBC has launched sterling retail and institutional share classes on its Ucits AdvantEdge fund of hedge funds.

There has rarely been a dull moment this year. A 20% fall in the UK equity market by early March has given way to close to a 50% bounce.