Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 35

  • IP Asia

    Emerging Markets: A 20-year Perspective

    IP Asia January 2009

    Remy Briand and Madhusudan Subramanian of MSCI provide this historical perspective on how far the emerging markets have come in 20 years

  • IP Asia

    The aftermath of India's 9/11

    IP Asia January 2009

    Asian investing expert Ian McEvatt writes of how Indian professionals are determined not to be knocked off their stride by the recent acts of terrorism in Mumbai.

  • IP Asia

    Crunch will change the landscape for investors

    IP Asia December 2008

    Richard’s leader article, written in the teeth of the worst period for world markets in 70 years.

  • Features

    Trusted adviser retains a key role

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    While the Singapore government has recognised the need to make changes to the Central Provident Fund system, which is as old as Singapore itself, the current situation is felt to be only a partial solution. Carl Redondo reports

  • Special Report

    UniSuper develops new risk budgeting

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    Richard Newell talks to David St John, chief investment officer of UniSuper, about hedge fund transparency and the fund's plan for a new SRI option

  • Features

    An evolving market of smooth transitions

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    Heather McKenzie talks to providers of transition management services and finds a variety of approaches being adopted

  • Features

    Hedge funds enter the mainstream - for good or ill

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    The New Year will see larger hedge funds and private equity businesses voluntarily submit themselves to increasing oversight, Paul Smith expects, with unfortunate consequences for smaller players

  • Features

    Positioning your super fund for the future

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    The head of one of Australia’s biggest investors has some advice for super fund managers who struggle to balance the books. Richard Newell listens to his words of wisdom

  • Features

    EM managers fare well

    February 2008 (Magazine)

    The Eurekahedge Fund of Funds index registered modest returns (0.5%) for the month of December, bringing its gains for 2007 up to 10.1%. Multi-managers turned in positive returns for the month despite a bit of volatility across asset classes.

  • Features

    Crowding out enterprise annuity pensions

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Victor Wong argues that, with China's basic pension system under increasing pressure, the enterprise annuity programme may be a casualty

  • Features

    Asian hedge funds - from youth to maturity

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    After a period working in North America, Paul Smith assesses the challenges of building a substantial asset management business in Asia

  • Features

    Widening the net in Pakistan

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Moiz Mushir Ahmad Khan describes how Pakistan’s Voluntary Pension System has finally come into force

  • Features

    Hedge funds: the way to play emerging markets

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Peter Douglas believes hedge funds offer a route to better returns and effective risk management in developing markets

  • Features

    Emerging markets - too big to ignore

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    In a detailed paper, ‘Efficiently adding emerging market equities to a global portfolio’, Northern Trust’s Steven Schoenfeld and Alain Cubeles argue that investors should commit 7-8% of their global equity portfolios to the class. Here is a summary of their views

  • Features

    Indexing for an inefficient market

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Passive indexing has rapidly gained popularity and importance among institutional investors in the rest of the world but to a lesser extent in Asia, with good reason. Jason Hsu and Jason Chia-Shang Tuan explain a new strategy that may alter this

  • Features

    Benchmarking for tomorrow's models

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Paul Hoff looks at how index providers are responding to the needs of investors for ready access to new markets

  • Special Report

    Best practice in Malaysia

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Tan Lye Huat highlights the progress being made in applying new corporate governance guidelines in Malaysia

  • Features

    Treading with caution in the global market

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Richard Newell talks to the management of New Zealand’s investment fund about the challenges of being a global investor

  • Features

    Take the 'A' train

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    While foreign investors seek out new ways to capture their share of China’s growth phenomenon, the A shares market still offers one of the key entry points to mainland exposure

  • Features

    Roll with the punches

    May 2007 (Magazine)

    Asia may have led the markets down in recent weeks but, Kevin Hebner argues, the case for the region’s equities remains undiminished