| From Asianinvestor.net: Barclays Capital's investor-solutions division, which provides mutual funds, listed and OTC structures to retail investors, is keen to launch new index funds in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong and Singapore as soon as securities regulators relax an unofficial freeze on new product launches.
Peter Hu, managing director and head of investor solutions for Asia ex-Japan at BarCap, says regulators in these and other markets have blanket concerns over mis-selling of investment products, in the wake of street protests in September over losses from Lehman Brothers-backed structured notes..... Full Article: Source
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