Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 23
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Private equity opportunities in Asia
by Stuart Pallister - Private equity in Asia is taking a very different path to that in the West, says Nicholas Bloy of the Malaysia-based firm Navis Capital.
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Passive index funds may rival ETFs in Asia-Pacific
by Bee Ong – Asia’s pension funds, sovereign funds and endowments have been increasing their use of exchange-traded funds particularly during portfolio transitions.
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Where a foreign partner helps
“We taught India the language of investing” was the Unit Trust of India’s traditional boast. Since T. Rowe Price bought a big stake in UTI, its modern slogan “Let’s plan to get rich” seems more appropriate. Joseph Mariathasan reports.
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Pressure to outsource in fast-changing market
The increasingly competitive trading market in Asia placing a lot of pressure on brokerage firms to focus on core competencies and outsource other functions. BNP Paribas in Hong Kong surveyed of 150 brokerages to determine their attitudes towards outsourcing.
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Securities lending evolves
Lending shares is no longer such a simple way to boost returns. Bee Ong reports.
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Plan to moderate structural economic risks
Can the government’s latest five-year plan reduce structural risks in China’s economy and ensure current growth rates are sustained? Iain Mills reports from Beijing.
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Future Fund favours developed markets in the short term
Betty Kotevski reports on how the Australian fund’s alternative assets and debt holdings have boosted returns
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Coping with low interest rates and high volatility
Bond yields have plummeted as governments and central banks try to fight the effects of the global financial crisis, while volatility has soared. Andrew Wood talks to Société Générale’s cross-asset team about possible solutions for insurers.
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The case for emerging market debt
Amundi’s head of emerging markets debt management, Sergei Strigo, talks to IPA about the increasing appeal of fixed-income investment in developing countries
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Biodiversity and diversification for Kehati
Indonesia’s green endowment Kehati has gone from passive investing to active and back to passive.
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Peter Drucker on sensible investment beliefs
The Unseen Revolution’ was decades ahead of its time in predicting that the massive wave of retirement savings would offer an opportunity to make capitalism work for workers.
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Central banks should take more risk with reserves
State Street Global Advisors’ Hon Cheung thinks central banks are too conservative when they diversify assets, and need to look beyond dollars, yen and euros.
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AusSuper chief questions role of bonds
Mark Delaney says fixed income investments might increase risks instead of reducing them
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Gold - the uninflatable asset
Gold may be a good hedge against an investment portfolio’s fiat currency exposures. But, Martin Steward asks, does it matter that some investors may be holding it for very different reasons?
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Quasi-private equity approach is a good way to invest
Prakash Ramaseshan at Kotak Mahindra explains to Bee Ong how to avoid volatility when investing in India
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Dynamic allocation strategies on the rise
Assumptions underlying the orthodox static approach to asset allocation are being questioned in an environment where pension funds are forced to be ever more concerned about the volatility in their funding ratio.
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New risks in benchmark and static allocation
What were participants worried about at the Pacific Pension Institute’s Asian 2010 roundtable in Hong Kong, “Managing Risk in the Face of Austerity”? Andrew Wood was there to find out.
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Good governance - it all starts at the top
It is essential that Asian pension and reserve funds, which are the dominant asset owners in the region, should view governance on two levels.
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Punching above its weight
The tiny city-state Singapore amazed the world with its rapid economic growth. Can it repeat the magic to become one of the world’s biggest centres for asset management? Andrew Wood reports
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Hedge fund flows and performance in 2010
How have hedge funds been adapting to life after the global financial crisis. Richard Johnston of Albourne Partners outlines the year’s emerging trends.
