{"id":78138,"date":"2026-07-07T05:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/78138\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T05:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:45:11","slug":"stanchart-taps-blackrock-for-asia-pacific-multi-asset-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/78138\/","title":{"rendered":"StanChart Taps BlackRock for Asia Pacific Multi-Asset Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.sg\/tag\/Standard-Chartered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Standard Chartered<\/a> has launched a new multi-asset fund with <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.sg\/tag\/BlackRock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BlackRock<\/a> as sub-manager to help wealth clients invest across Asia Pacific markets.<\/p>\n<p>The Signature Select APAC Allocation Plus fund is the eighth sub-fund under Standard Chartered\u2019s Variable Capital Company platform. It is also the bank\u2019s third fund launch in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy invests across equities, fixed income and liquid alternatives, with the aim of supporting long-term capital growth and income.<\/p>\n<p>The portfolio will be dynamically allocated across Asia Pacific asset classes, using BlackRock\u2019s equity and fixed income investment approach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4aanjBk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0307-LNRS-Webinar_600x500-1.gif\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-nosnippet=\"\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fund will be offered to accredited and professional investors across Standard Chartered\u2019s Priority, Priority Private and Private Banking segments.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available in Hong Kong, Singapore, the UAE, Jersey, Malaysia, Kenya and Nigeria, with more markets to follow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-134048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Sumeet-Bhambri-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sumeet Bhambri\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/>Sumeet Bhambri<\/p>\n<p>Sumeet Bhambri, Global Head of Advisory and Managed Investments, Wealth Solutions at Standard Chartered, said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy combining our open architecture platform with BlackRock\u2019s global multi-asset capabilities, we can provide our clients with a well-diversified, institutional-quality solution to capture opportunities across Asia Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>This latest addition further strengthens our VCC platform, which is focused on delivering differentiated, hard-to-access strategies that help clients navigate increasingly complex market environments while building resilient portfolios.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-134046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Andrew-Landman-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Landman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/>Andrew Landman<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Landman, Deputy Head of Asia Pacific and Head of Asia Pacific Wealth at BlackRock, said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with Standard Chartered, we aim to bring our multi-asset investment expertise and disciplined portfolio construction approach to help investors access diversified sources of return and build resilient portfolios through market cycles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standard Chartered launched its VCC platform in June 2024 to work with asset managers on investment strategies for its wealth clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: Edited by Fintech News Singapore, based on image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnific.com\/premium-photo\/blurry-city-office-with-abstract-luminous-elements_268113876.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LaurieCu<\/a> via Magnific<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox Standard Chartered has launched&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21387],"tags":[12927,20677],"class_list":["post-78138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-standard-chartered","tag-blackrock","tag-standard-chartered"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116877113701899497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}