Merian Global Investors has signed a strategic partnership with a subsidiary of China’s largest insurance company, paving the way for the boutique UK fund group led by Richard Buxton to distribute its funds in China.
The deal, the first of its kind between a Chinese and British fund manager, allows Hong Kong-based Ping An of China Asset Management to distribute Merian’s funds in China, at a time when European and US asset managers are attempting to push into the mainland market.
Merian Global Investors, which was launched this month by Mr Buxton as part of a management buyout of Old Mutual Global Investors, began working with Ping An this year to manage its China fund.