With the more positive sentiments from the G20 meetings and market expectations of earlier pivot for China’s zero covid policy, growth including technology strategies also started to see varying degree of positive swings and rallies along more sustained upward trajectory. Contrary to the US tech peers, Asia innovative technology and metaverse leaders having started massive corrections earlier also appear to be first in first out and are emerging to resume growth on the back of multiple tailwinds. As investors revisit the investment case for the metaverse and innovative technology space, how would we configure for the opportunities in Asia and fill the gaps that the US oriented global tech strategies typically miss?&nbsp;In this video, we would recap the construct of Premia Asia Innovative Technology & Metaverse Theme ETF (3181/ 9181 HK), which is designed to capture opportunities in Digital transformation, Robotics & Automation, Innovative Green Technology as well as Metaverse which have been transforming the enterprise and consumer space (including with virtual influencers). The strategy was first introduced in 2018, and given the sector and geographic diversification has been outperforming other global, US and China focused peers in 2-year, 3-year and 5-year periods. It was also able to hold at -7% last year after the strong rally of 40% and 60% in 2019 and 2020 outperforming in both bull and bear market cycles. For investors looking for strategic growth opportunities in this space, this would be a good, balanced tool for implementation.

Calibrating for the new normal: Opportunities in the Asia innovation and metaverse space

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Although a lot of unprecedented events happened in the past few years, financial market rallies have bolstered positive wealth effects and expanded the balance sheet for many investors – until recently. This year has been extremely challenging for even the most astute and well-researched investors. How do we make sense of so much uncertainty around inflation, geopolitical tension, recession, pandemic and more? Recently our Senior Advisor Dr. Jason Hsu, Chairman and CIO of Rayliant Global Advisors has published 7 Predictions for a Stagflation Economy, which raised some bold and perhaps uncomfortable possibilities that would be helpful for us all to reflect and prepare for. In this webinar, we shall discuss with Dr. Hsu live to decipher what might be the best way to weather the turbulent markets ahead, and while acknowledging diversification remains the free lunch in investing – what to diversify with? [Watch Replay Here]

[Premia x Rayliant Webinar] Conversation with Dr. Jason Hsu – 7 Predictions for a Stagflation Economy

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[Watch Now]The US Federal Reserve has signalled the imminent start of the transition from the Great Stimulus of 2020-2021 to policy tightening with rate hikes and tapering at a suggested pace that was at the high end of previous expectations. On the contrary as we kickstarted 2022, China has cut rates and it is expected that more easing measures would be introduced. Meanwhile foreign investors have also shown unprecedented appetite for Chinese government bonds as foreign holdings surged from less than 3% in 2016 to 10.8% at the end of 2021. Would this continue? What would be the outlook? What are the tailwind and headwind factors to consider for investors and asset allocators?&nbsp;&nbsp;Data & Venue23 Feb 2022, Hong Kong&nbsp;Opening RemarksPhoebe Leung, Senior Vice President, Head of Sales & Marketing, Bond Connect Company Limited&nbsp;Panel Discussion - CGB and RMB - 2022 Outlook and Allocation StrategyTracy Yeung, Assistant Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Bond Connect Company Limited (Moderator)Laura Lui, Partner & Co-CIO, Premia Partners Company LimitedChun Hong Chan, Partner, Co-Chief Executive Officer, CIO, Multi-Asset Strategies and Head of External Managers, Avanda Investment ManagementEdmund Ng, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Eastfort Asset ManagementJonas von Oldenskiöld, Head of SwissRe Korea, former head of SwissRe Asset Management Asia&nbsp;Long Duration CGB ETF - Use Cases, Flows, Liquidity and Trading StrategyDavid Lai, Partner & Co-CIO, Premia Partners Co. Ltd.

[Bond Connect x Premia Partners Webinar] Chinese Government Bonds - Outlook and Investment Case for International Investors

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Vietnam has been one of the best performing markets this year surpassing even the US markets. With increased vaccination rate and lowering new infection cases, recently the government has also eased covid restrictions and lifted social distancing curbs across the country allowing business to resume economic activity

[Premia Webinar] Vietnam 2022 Outlook

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The regulatory crackdowns in China across multiple sectors have unnerved many international investors. Is China still investible for international investors? How should we configure for China opportunities in the new normal? Are megatrends still relevant going forward? In this webinar, Kinger Lau, Chief China Equity Strategist at Goldman Sachs, Xin Li, Managing Editor of Caixin Global joined our Partner & Co-CIO David Lai to share more about the manifestation of ESG and common prosperity from investment perspectives, and sectors that would be under multi-year policy headwinds and tailwinds under the 14th Five Year Plans. Please message us if you would like to watch the replay, and for a similar session on Oct 26 with David. please register HERE. 

Premia Webinar: China opportunities through the lens of ESG AND common prosperity

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Due to popular demand, we have recorded again the STAR50 webinar for those of you who missed it last week or would like a recap of the discussion. In the webinar we shared about the genesis and strategic focus of the STAR Board, the index methodology and key features of the STAR 50 index, and also some interesting examples of emerging innovation leaders across including semiconductors, cloud, AI, 5G, biotech and also new materials and new energy. With its lower correlation with mainstream CSI300, China ADRs as well as very low correlation with S&P500 and Nasdaq, we hope it would be a good tool to serve your diversification need as you reconfigure your China/ EM construct for the new normal. [WATCH NOW]

Premia Webinar: STAR 50 and emerging innovation leaders from China

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We are delighted to invite Edmund Ng, Founder & CIO of Eastfort Asset Management to share with us the nuances of investing in the China bond markets, and the tailwinds, headwinds and sweet spots for international investors. Edmund brings very deep understand of the China bond markets as a veteran practitioner, and was the Head of the Direct Investment Division of Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), which under his leadership started to diversify part of its large reserves into other asset classes including CNY bonds. [WATCH NOW] 

Premia Webinar: China bond markets: Conversation with Edmund Ng, Founder & CIO of Eastfort Asset Management

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随着COVID疫情走向复甦，中美摩擦等地域风险逐渐晴朗，2021投资者可以如何佈局？ 我们的联合首席投资官赖子健先生与我们团队的郭子豪先生为大家分享对亚洲高成长地区及高成长行业的展望，「我们可以如何通过Premia的投资策略来捕捉这些大趋势下的盈利机遇，并讨论了对近期市场环境相关热门话题的看法。

常见主题——市场最新资讯和2021布局

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自新冠疫情爆发以来，我们观察到许多Premia ETF的成分股为风口下的受益者，尽管面临市场动荡、新冠疫情和中美关系恶化，这些强势股仍持续带领Premia ETF绩效蒸蒸日上。在本场研讨会中，我们的联合首席投资官赖子健、吕霭华及销售副总裁罗宁雨将探讨与日常客户对话中，常见的问题及热门主题，特别是我们旗下的Premia中国新经济ETF （3173/9173 HK），此档ETF年初迄今绩效录得40%*，且自今年四月以来资产管理规模暴涨三倍达2.85亿美元，成为香港第四大的中国A股ETF。请点击这里查看讨论的纪录。*截至2020年10月12日

常见主题——新冠疫情、中美角力、科技行业反弹及大趋势等

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Opportunities in quality growth leaders: China and Asia Innovative TechnologyThe world has been put to significant challenges and changes by COVID-19, which redefined economic growth and investment opportunities for investors.After winning the HKEx 2019 Top Performing ETF award with 45.2% return, the Premia New Economy ETF continued to be the rare strategy that scored strong positive YTD performance. What drives the resilience?Rather than just IT and internet, China New Economy and the sister version in Asia Innovative Technology sector leaders cover the major beneficiaries as megatrends opportunities in Urbanisation, Rising middle income class, Consumption upgrade, Aging population and rising need for healthcare, digital transformation in both To-C and To-B space, and technology enabled industrialisation 4.0 unfold.In this presentation, we discussed the two ETF strategies that aim to better capture the emerging growth markets and emerging growth sectors in China and Asia.

Citywire Switzerland (Jun 16 2020)

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Citywire Americas (Jun 5 2020)

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本期财新国际圆桌主题为“抗击新冠疫情：政策分析与实践经验”，会议包含宏观解读与实践分析两方面内容，主要结合新冠疫情背景下各国政策与复工复产经验。

[财新国际圆桌] 抗击新冠疫情：政策分析与实践经验  (回放)

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The Two Sessions are always of interest to the market for the key economic policies unveiled by Chinese leaders. At this year’s Two Sessions, China decided not to set a GDP growth target for the first time in decades, raised the budget deficit ratio above a long-held “red line,” issued special treasury bonds for the first time in the last 2 decades, and rolled out a host of measures to buoy employment and support economic recovery from Covid-19.

Virtual Discussion Forum in partnership with Caixin Global (REPLAY)

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 Given the trade tensions and looming risks of de-globalisation, it is likely that China will embark on a different growth path in the aftermath of COVID, and increasingly rely on domestic demand to drive growth. This structural shift holds significant implications for EM Asia. In fact, ASEAN replaced the European Union as China’s biggest trading partner in 1Q20. In this webinar, our co-CIO David Lai shares our research and insights on investing into ASEAN markets in light of the late COVID crisis, re-escalating US-China trade dispute and more importantly the gradual global supply chain reconfiguration. 

EM ASEAN & Vietnam: The “China Plus One” solution that is still hidden gem

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 China is in the early stage of restarting its economy, and China A shares market has held up relatively well compared to other global equities markets amid the COVID. In particular, our Premia China New Economy strategy has been very resilient throughout the crisis with YTD NAV performance of 10.7% (in CNY, as of May 26th, 2020). It has been consistently seeing inflows over the past months and is also among the best performing broad market China A ETFs globally. In this webinar, our co-CIO David Lai shares first-hand insights on the post-COVID impact, policy developments, and capital market flows of the Chinese market. As China recovers from the pandemic, how shall investors watch out for opportunities from the post-COVID recoveries, policy supports and new norms?

Why is China-A New Economy more resilient and better positioned through COVID and beyond?

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即使是不玩游戏的人，也肯定会知道最近在全球大爆红的switch游戏动物森友会。事实上，电玩产业的规模非常巨大，市场规模已经超过10亿美元，受疫情影响，人们持续保持社交距离且居家时间拉长，电玩也成为大家排忧解闷的重要途径。截止2019年底，全球游戏市场收入已经超过1500亿美元，而其中45%来自智慧型手机和平板电脑上的手游。在电玩产业中，电子竞技，简称电竞，在过去十年已经发展成一个重要的专业行业。全球电子竞技收入估计在今年会超过10亿美元，而中国目前佔其中的20%。本期webinar，我们将与大家分享「社交距离」下的虚拟世界：中国的游戏、电竞和直播产业。

「社交距离」下的虚拟世界：中国的游戏、电竞和直播产业

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As global asset prices have slumped on the back of the COVID-19 outbreak, concerns have arisen from supply chain disruptions to about global recession and a liquidity crisis. In this webinar, David Lai and Larry Kwok would discuss the lessons learned from the GFC, share our observations of some pandemic-led trends and implications, and suggest a few related investment ideas.

Investment opportunities amidst the COVID-19 Crisis

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客户时常和我们反映，他们非常喜欢Premia旗下的亚洲策略，不过由于ETF的流动性不高，因此仅能寻求一些美国或欧洲上市的类似的ETF。不过，其实投资者真正在意的并不是流动性本身，而是流动性成本。流动性和成本息息相关——流动性愈低，交易进出的成本就愈高，特别是在金融危机或市场失衡时期，其流动性可能跌至零。目前仍有许多投资者选择在美国或欧洲交易亚洲资产，认为这样的交易方式较为高效且便宜，不过这可能并不是一个明智的选择。在这次的网路研讨会中，我们将与您分享对于评估ETF流动性的观点，并分别以在纽约、伦敦和香港上市的ETF，比较投资越南市场的优劣。

更明智的选择：以亚洲上市ETF进行亚洲时区交易

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在疫情爆发的艰难时刻下，我们看到了一个不同的社会运作生态。即使隔离在家，我们看到数亿人在通过网络购物、远程办公、云直播学习，人们的日常生活行为在被动或主动地转变到一个不可思议的“新常态”。在本期网络直播中，我们将分享科技所赋予的结构性大趋势、所创造的更联结包容的社会形态、以及投资者可以如何通过我们的亚洲创新科技策略捕捉这些驱动亚洲乃至全球可持续生产力的创新领导企业。