Global Market: Standard Chartered partners with BlackRock to launch APAC multi-asset fund for wealth clients

Standard Chartered has partnered with BlackRock to launch the Signature Select APAC Allocation Plus fund, a multi-asset vehicle investing across equities, fixed income and liquid alternatives in Asia-Pacific markets. BlackRock will act as sub-manager, and the fund will initially be offered to wealth management clients in Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Jersey, Malaysia, Kenya and Nigeria, with plans to expand to more markets later.