The Importance of Good Governance for Asian Investment Funds

The evolution of the investment fund industry continues apace in Asia as Hong Kong and Singapore gain greater maturity as fund centres, with the planned introduction of new domestic fund vehicles and a growing appetite for international capital. At the same time, there has been a move towards the adoption of higher standards of corporate governance for funds managed in Asia, which from an institutional investor perspective seeking exposure to the region, can only be seen as a positive development in the mirroring of practices more customary in the US and Europe.