Vontobel Asset Management, a New York-based specialist in US equity value investing, is targeting Asian institutional investors for the first time. Peter Newell, managing director, has just completed his inaugural visit to Hong Kong to market the firm's newly created, Dublin-domiciled US Value Fund. The fund has also just been registered with Hong Kong authorities so that it is available to retail investors, although for now the focus is on the institutional market.
Newell explains the firm has a strategic alliance with Janus Group Vontobel fills a specialist asset class for Janus in return to leveraging its international distribution platform. With $2.2 billion under management, Vontobel is too small to own its own...
