All articles by Bee Ong – Page 2
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Islamic Finance – a glossary of terms
Bai Bithaman Ajil A contract for deferred payment on the sale of goods. A bank buys goods requested by the client. The bank sells the goods to the client at cost plus profit. They client settles payment in instalments within a predetermined period or in lump sum. Gharar Lit The ...
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Institutional investors and Sharia
by Bee Ong - Sharia investment professionals think that non-Muslims will find sharia investments attractive from the risk perspective.
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How to build financial security
There is currently no known pension infrastructure that adequately addresses all of the key demographic issues. Bee Ong talks to Russell’s Bruce Pflaum about Asia’s future
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Eight Principles For Sustaining Wealth
Stuart Lucas has distilled more than 25 years of managing his family’s wealth, his personal funds and clients’ money into the Eight Principles of Strategic Wealth Management, which underlie his investment decision-making: 1. Take charge and do it early. 2. Align family ...
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Risk and Reward — A Family Office Experience
Stuart Lucas’ family portfolio has been increasingly weighted towards Asian alternative assets over the last 11 years. Now, as the region gains relative vigour, the portfolio’s Asian component may be further augmented.
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Mitigating Risk in Transition Management
Thorny markets and complex portfolios demand sensitive handling of liquidity, market, operational and executional risks during global transitions.
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Hugh Young - 'Responsible' Investing Requires Sleuthing
Aberdeen’s investment managers work more like corporate sleuths. They visit every potential investee, chat with senior management to get a feel of the ground that cannot be discerned from reports, watch management’s actions over six to seven years and fine-comb the annual reports before making a decision.
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Micro-finance comes of age
Pension funds and insurance companies are leading the way in supporting the businesses of those who fall under the radar of conventional funding
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Singapore’s big two alter course
The Government Investment Corporation and Temasek Holdings were both caught out by the recent market collapse. Bee Ong describes how they are revising their investment approach.
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Key Insights For Managing an Asian Endowment Fund (from one who knows)
Having managed two major endowment funds in Singapore, Madeleine Lee knows that the devil hides in the details. She describes her experience and how much of the key strategies were learnt from the major US endowments.
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Questions to ask when setting up an endowment fund
Madeleine Lee, Director of Athenaeum Ltd, and former deputy chief investment officer of the National University of Singapore (NUS) investment office, has this advice for the founders of new endowment funds.
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Triple Bottom Line – the Islamic perspective
Is it possible to combine a financial return with a social conscience, in an investment that is compliant with Shariah law?
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