Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 17
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Investors keep cautious views on QFII expansion
Iain Mills canvassed the views of several market players to gauge their responses to the development, risks and opportunities on the recent expansion of China’s QFII programme.
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In-sourcing cash management
Keith Power takes a look at a rising trend that is giving in Australia’s pensions industry a “much bigger bang” for its buck.
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Capturing the key return drivers
Joseph Mariathasan studies the alternatives to traditional market weighted approaches to global equity investing
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The Current Asian Hedge Fund Industry
Albourne Partners’ Richard Johnston looks at the increasing competition and challenges facing any small and medium-sized manager.
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Real Estate - Gems emerging in some Asian markets
Corrections in rentals and capital values in Asian real estate are likely to prevail this year. Still, amid the constraints, some limited pockets of value may be emerging. Wing-Gar Cheng reports.
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The role of LDI in Asia
Joseph Mariathasan examines the opportunities for liability driven investment in Asia where rising wealth is also increasing liabilities for investors.
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China’s pension system set to come of age
Iain Mills explains how a drive in China towards improving returns on pension funds means large-scale opportunities for asset managers.
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Adding higher-yielding assets to portfolios
Individual investors should be aiming to add higher-yielding assets to their portfolios to boost gains as the global economy continues to stumble along, according to Allianz Global Investors.
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A hot bed for family office activity
Richard C. Wilson looks at Singapore as an access point for wealthy investors seeking a foothold in Asia.
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How words can lose their meaning
Many Japanese pension funds are appreciating that a large part of their solvency risk lies with them having an investment portfolio that deviates from the portfolio of GPIF.
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Taiwan's pension funds pursue passive-aggressive strategies
Orlando Bowie looks at pending reforms in Taiwan’s pension system and their evolving asset management approach
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The family office fund manager selection process
Richard Wilson, in his work with family offices and the dozens interviews conducted, has constructed the process family offices employ in selecting fund managers.
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Super funds seek extension for MySuper
The A$1.3trn ($1.4trn) Australian pension industry is lobbying the federal government to extend key components of the timetable for the industry-wide implementation of MySuper. Brendan Swift examines the issues.
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Managing the ethical risks of investing in emerging economies
Emerging markets can be a sustainable source of wealth or a significant risk to your entire business, writes Paul Wenman of InvestAssure.
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SWFs will continue to dominate
Curt Custard, head of global investment solutions at UBS Global Asset Management took time out of his Asian business trip to speak to IPA about the differences he sees between western developed markets and the rapidly growing emerging markets, many of which are here in Asia.
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Harvest sees growth in frontier market consumption
Tan says. “We have a total of 300 million new consumers, you can feel the heartbeat of consumption.”
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Credit rating - costly mistakes and their consequences
Astute investors then ask the big question: How much accountability do such agencies accept for their deliberations?
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Choppy commodity flows may persist
After a jittery 2011, the commodities markets look set to continue their bumpy ride this year with slowing growth in China and a second recession looming in the euro zone. But for gold, this remains a good year. Orlando Bowie reports.
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HK mulls further changes to the MPF system
Cameron Dueck looks at the major changes that Hong Kong is considering for its government pension scheme.
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Securities Services interview with BNP Paribas
IPA recently caught up with Patrick Colle, CEO of BNP Paribas Securities Services and his colleagues Lawrence Au, Head of Asia Pacific, and Jing Zeng, Managing Director (China) to hear their views on how Chinese institutions can move abroad, lessons for Asia from the European experience, and how technology is transforming back-end investment procedures.
