Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 20
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Quant: It’s all in the numbers
Anthony Harrington asks what went wrong for quants during the crisis, but also questions the received wisdom that ‘all quants are the same’
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Alpha in Asian long short funds
Looking back over the years from 2007 to 2010 is a good “stress test” to see how Asian long short hedge funds managed during the last year of the bull market, the correction and subsequent recovery. Albourne’s Richard Johnston reports
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The contrarian approach works
Pension Fund client seminars are an essential activity for asset management companies operating in Japan. They allow firms to introduce investment solution ideas to an audience eager to study best practice and obtain guidance on their investment strategy.
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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.”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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China's NSSF takes more active social role
This expansion suggests the fund is ready to move beyond its original mandate as a “strategic reserve” to becoming a more proactive player in domestic social and welfare plans.
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The new goldrush - how to assess agriculture?
Burgeoning demand in emerging markets is accompanied by considerable supply constraints, with good quality arable land shrinking, fresh water becoming a scarcer resource and climate change events creating risks to the production of field crops.
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Super funds bemoan alternative fees
Australian superannuation funds believe many alternative asset managers’ fee structures are “grossly” excessive.
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AMP chief sees positive outlook for Asia fundraising
Anthony Fasso talks to IPA’s Ellen Sheng about the new regulations and directives that are driving large institutional fund flows in Asia
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Case study: Investing responsibly in Asia
Alexia Wai-Chun Tye describes the governance turnaround of a Chinese portfolio company
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Finding the rationale for private equity in Asia
Asia is seen as the big opportunity for private equity. But despite the huge growth in the number of specialist managers, there are fears that many Asian deals are attracting the ‘dumb money’. Joseph Mariathasan reports
