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[16:30 CEST 02-04] CHINA - China’s emergence as an investment destination for foreign investors has coincided with a boom in the country’s domestic equity markets, but with the ‘A’ shares market now 40% off its peak level, questions are being raised about transparency of reporting and lack of protection for ...
- Special Report
UniSuper develops new risk budgeting
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
Positioning your super fund for the future
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
Super market waits for boost from Rudd
Australia’s new prime minister, Kevin Rudd, is backing the country’s bid to become an Asian funds hub. Richard Newell explains how tax reforms can make that bid more competitive
- Features
Leaders tackle 'investment xenophobia'
As sovereign wealth funds extend their activities into global markets, to what extent should they be treated with suspicion and, as is the case in parts of Asia, actively discouraged? Richard Newell reports
- Special Report
Enigmatic as ever
Japanese companies are rightly praised for their stance on many responsible investment issues. But there remain some deep-seated structural problems. Richard Newell reports
- Features
Asset growth comes under global spotlight
The influx of new foreign fund managers to Australia is a reflection of the maturing of the superannuation funds market. Richard Newell reports
- Features
The challenge to deliver China exposure
Recent studies suggest Chinese hedge funds are becoming more like their counterparts elsewhere. Richard Newell reports
- Special Report
Real diversity in sustainable investing debate
Richard Newell reports from the Triple Bottom Line Investing conference in Bangkok
- Features
Malaysia expects Islamic finance sector to grow
Richard Newell reports on the success of a range of products that respect the beliefs of Muslim investors and have made the country a centre of innovation in Islamic finance
- Features
A measured approach to risk management
Richard Newell talks to Dr Sung Cheng Chih, a director at the Governemnt of Singapore Investment Corporation, about its approach to risk management
- Features
Smoothing out the future
Fund sponsors and trustees in Asia are looking to exercise greater control over risk and return in their portfolios. IPA has been talking to investors and the asset management community about the challenge of finding practical and cost-effective solutions. In this section looking at the broad concept of risk management, Richard Newell considers some of the solutions being put forward
- Features
How travel broadens the returns
Global bond managers are favouring Asian markets on the back of the region’s economic renaissance. Richard Newell looks at the strategy followed by Franklin Templeton’s fixed income team
- Features
Treading with caution in the global market
Richard Newell talks to the management of New Zealand’s investment fund about the challenges of being a global investor
- Features
Stronger than before
China’s resurgence will not be halted by periodic market corrections. Richard Newell asks China fund managers for their appraisal of the growth to come
- Features
Take the 'A' train
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
Asian exponentials
The Asian REIT market has grown spectacularly, and demand for the new China REITs looks set to soar. Richard Newell reports
