Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 19
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Chinese trust companies – coming in from the shadow
China is making a distinct attempt to legitimise and professionalise the trust sector, whose growing asset management function presents new opportunities for foreign and Chinese investors alike, Iain Mills reports.
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Bringing the New World to the Old
by Martin Steward - Investec are the only firm that has successfully migrated from the Southern Hemisphere to build a competitive global position in institutional active asset management without a string of acquisitions - according to CEO Hendrik Du Toit
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How smart is your beta ?
As Japanese investors continue to assess what conclusions to draw from the financial crisis, the concept of “smart beta” is drawing attention from an increasing number of pension funds.
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AustralianSuper: treading the unlisted path to diversification
Brendan Swift looks at the transfer of the range of product and services of Westscheme, which provides superannuation for people living and working in Western Australia, into AustralianSuper.
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Asian sovereign funds – what drives them?
Joseph Mariathasan looks at the giants of the investment world and how an understanding of what drives their investment decisions is of interest to fund managers, governments and the wider public.
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Asian debt coming into focus
Investors should consider Asia first when structuring their bond portfolio and get rid of the notion of emerging market debt being junk, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Barbara Ottawa reports
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Emerging allocations: The Tide of History
by Joseph Mariathasan - A sensible solution could be to allocate a proportion to dedicated large emerging markets strategies and the rest invested in a global strategy focused on the smaller emerging and frontier countries.
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How the Euro crisis affects investments
by Lynn Strongin Dodds - Prime office space is the only property sector expected to show capital growth in 2012.
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Japan's DC system after 10 years
A survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare finds subscribers to corporate defined contribution (DC) pension funds climbed to 4 million as of July 31, accounting for one out of every eight salaried workers.
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Widening the scope for Islamic investment
Institutional asset owners customarily receive a surfeit of investment ideas and proposals, but Islamic institutions experience quite the opposite—a dearth of suitable assets. Bee Ong reports on the available investment options and where demand is coming from.
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Paying heed to inflation risk
Stephanie Schwartz talks to New York-based fund manager Jenny Yiu about her pure play portfolio focused on inflation-linked bonds.
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A playground for event–driven managers
Martin Steward finds an unusual corporate event cycle teeing up opportunities for event-driven hedge funds – but not necessarily classic merger arbitrage or distressed debt
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Kyushu Electric revamps its portfolio
The Japanese pension fund has restructured its ¥300bn basic portfolio, with a shift from stocks to super-long bonds and a strengthening of its hedging positions.
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Investors drive the expansion of securities servicing
There is a wave of change sweeping across the global custody market, according to two of Asia’s top practitioners.
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The long view on climate investments
Investments in new energy-efficient technologies and business practices that help reduce the effects of climate change have not been significantly undermined by the global economic crisis, says the Asian head of the IFC.
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New venture targets China's FI funds market
Shanghai-based Anzhong has launched the AZ Multi Asset-Renminbi Opportunities Fund, the first UCITS III fund in Hong Kong. IPA’s Iain Mills caught up with Anzhong’s CEO Gerard de Benedetto in Shanghai, to find out more.
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Climate Change: Collaborative Effort Needed
Multiple stresses in Asia will be compounded further due to climate change. It is likely that climate change will impinge on sustainable development of most developing countries of Asia.
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Plans for Broader, Deeper Insurance Market
Individual components of the 12th Five-year plan are steadily emerging, the latest of which relates to the insurance industry. Iain Mills reports
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Can PE deliver for Asian funds?
Major institutional asset owners, including Asia’s large public pensions such as Korea’s National Pension Service and China’s National Social Security Fund, intend to augment their exposure to alternatives including private equity. Bee Ong assesses how they might achieve this.
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Asia is stuck with the Dollar
Asian banking chiefs were among the strongest critics of Washington’s poor handling of the recent debt ceiling negotiations. Richard Jerram, Chief Economist with the Bank of Singapore told IPA’s Iain Mills, “Washington has not particularly lost credibility in Asia, so much as everywhere.”
