Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 25
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Giant insurers take a step towards public life
Few casual observers would have thought that this year the biggest IPO globally would occur in Japan. Fewer still that it would be an insurance company making its debut on the stock exchange.
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Japan - Uptrend in funds returned to Government
The final tally for daiko henjo (return to the government of welfare pension portion of EPF schemes) in fiscal 2009 has been announced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
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Seamless segregation for prime finance
Citi’s Prime Finance arm has evolved a new product to ensure better protection of assets for hedge fund strategies. It is a technology platform that combines all the elements of prime finance, administration and custody. The Danish pension fund ATP has been one of the early adopters of the service.
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System diversification and portfolio risk
In the minds of many in Japan, there is one question that remains unanswered: what are the true strengths of defined contribution pensions? Akiko Nomura provides his perspective on the issue.
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Currency as an independent return source
Neil Record has built a company managing $34bn of currencies. He and his team have recently been touring Asia to explain the ‘forward rate bias’ of high interest rate currencies. Here he describes how that can be incorporated into an institutional portfolio.
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Error margins and their consequences
Portfolio construction is often seen as a science, but there is a critical aspect of the experimental scientific methodology that is usually neglected. And yet it has profound implications for portfolio construction itself.
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More Japanese corporations close their DC pension schemes
Companies are abandoning the system due to a deteriorating business environment, and terminations have remained on the increase.
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Special opportunities in China
The property market in China is going through something of a consolidation phase, after an extended bull run that he was led many to question whether it could undermine economic stability. Richard Newell finds out where the opportunities might lie.
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Water - China’s greatest challenge
Of the many factors that could block China’s development path, water scarcity, is also one of the most challenging. China’s impending water catastrophe is beginning to unnerve investors.
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Pension managers on the brink of a new era
Corporate pension funds in Japan have posted their first positive performance in three years.
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Issues in bond index construction
Constructing indices for bond markets is not at all as straightforward as it is for equities. Joseph Mariathasan explains the problems of trying to satisfy all the different parties.
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Sustainability versus stimulus – which way for China’s banks ?
In the wake of the Asian financial crisis in 1998, a discussion of sustainability in the context of Chinese banks would most likely have referred to a given institution’s likelihood of survival.
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Asia’s markets continue to drive the world
Asia’s economies are leading the way, forcing international investors to reconsider their overall cautious stance towards emerging equities.
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Second chance - an Asian hedge fund perspective
The upheaval caused by the financial crisis has meant that anyone involved in the hedge funds industry in Asia has had to reassess their business. Richard Johnston looks at how the landscape has changed.
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Asian policy-makers must remain vigilant
by Kevin Hebner - We are likely to see a wave of defaults. T this is what typically occurs within a couple years of a major financial crisis.
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Private equity in Asia – Smart or dumb money?
The growth of activity in private equity raises concerns about the quality of deals being done. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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China – could the great growth story all come crashing down?
Bee Ong talks to Satyajit Das on the structural risks that threaten to undermine China’s remarkable run of growth.
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Call for greater alignment of interests
The concept of ‘outcome oriented investing’ is now being talked about in the context of Asia’s fund management market. Several speakers at the recent Fund Forum event in Hong Kong suggested that a sea-change is occurring, and a greater alignment of interests will result. Richard Newell reports
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Absolute return FI funds – a new generation
Interest in absolute return bond funds is returning after a calamitous experience during the market crash. But the new generation of funds being launched is likely to be very different in structure from those that performed badly as a result of the credit crunch. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Partners are the key to success
One key issue for any fund manager that has aspirations to be a global player, is the potential to enter the domestic fund management market in China. Joseph Mariathasan reports.
