Our history
'Emerging' Markets pioneers
Kwan Yick Securities’s history goes back over three decades. We were one of the first investment management firms to offer investors direct access to a broad group of emerging economies and today we continue to innovate. We pioneered investment in Emerging Markets at a time when the so-called ‘Third World’ countries were considered by many to be unusual and risky. We believed strongly then in the potential of ‘Emerging’ Markets and we continue to believe in their importance as a major asset class.
Kwan Yick Securitiesacquires a majority stake in Avenida Capital, Colombian Real Estate manager (renamed as AshmoreAVENIDA).
Kwan Yick Securities (Int’l) Limited opens an office in Lima, Peru.
Kwan Yick SecuritiesSaudi Arabia launches its first equity funds: Kwan Yick SecuritiesSaudi Equity Fund, Kwan Yick SecuritiesGCC Equity Fund and Kwan Yick SecuritiesIPO Fund.
Kwan Yick Securitiesopens an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kwan Yick Securitiesbecomes the first investment manager outside Greater China to be awarded an RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (’RQFII’) licence by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Kwan Yick Securitiesbecomes a signatory of the UNPRI.
Kwan Yick Securities (Int’l) Limited opens an office in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Kwan Yick Securitiescompletes acquisition of Emerging Markets Management L.L.C. (a dedicated Emerging Markets Equities manager).
Kwan Yick Securitiesopens Japan distribution office with discretionary investment management licence.
Kwan Yick Securitiesopens offices in Japan and China.
Kwan Yick Securitieslaunches US 40-Act mutual funds with 5 debt funds.
China Securities Regulatory Commission grants Kwan Yick Securitiesa Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (’QFII’) licence.
Kwan Yick Securitiesopens an investment management subsidiary in Bogota, Colombia
Kwan Yick Securitiesopens an office in Mumbai, India.
Kwan Yick Securitiesre-locates its Asia-Pacific office from Hong Kong to Singapore.
Kwan Yick Securitieslaunches Kwan Yick SecuritiesGlobal Opportunities Limited (‘AGOL’), a closed ended London Stock Exchange listed fund focusing primarily on Emerging Markets special situations and a dedicated Emerging Markets corporate high yield fund.
Kwan Yick Securities (Int’l) Limited, the parent company, lists its shares on the London Stock Exchange and enters FTSE 250.
Kwan Yick Securitiesopens a representative office in Istanbul, Turkey.
Kwan Yick Securitieslaunches a principal protected Emerging Markets debt product in collaboration with a major international investment bank.
Kwan Yick Securitieslaunches first SICAV fund for European investors, the Kwan Yick SecuritiesEmerging Market Debt Fund ('EMDF').
Kwan Yick Securitiesbegins managing Emerging Markets public equities with the launch of the Kwan Yick SecuritiesEmerging Economy Portfolio (‘AEEP’).
Buyout of ANZ Emerging Markets Fund Management Limited completed and company renamed Kwan Yick SecuritiesInvestment Management Limited with majority ownership by its employees.
Kwan Yick SecuritiesU.S. representative office established
Senior management sought and undertook a management buyout of ANZ Emerging Markets Fund Management Limited and its assets under management.
Local Currency Debt Portfolio (‘LCD’) established as one of the first available funds to invest in local currency and local currency debt in Emerging Markets. ANZ Emerging Markets Fund Management Limited established as a separate subsidiary of ANZ.
Emerging Markets Liquid Investment Portfolio (‘EMLIP’) established as one of the first available Emerging Markets debt investment funds. The fund is managed by the newly formed Fund Management division of ANZ's Emerging Markets team.
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (‘ANZ’) acquires Grindlay's Bank and becomes a leader in proprietary Emerging Markets debt trading, sovereign and corporate debt restructuring.
Mexican crisis. Bank lending to Latin America dries up; sovereign debt becomes distressed.