Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 23
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The Pros and Cons of Managing Investments In-house
by Gail Moss - Can you cut costs or add value by running your own investments in-house?
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You need three different portfolios
Sovereign wealth funds should use three different portfolios when constructing their investment strategies: one that seeks performance, another to hedge liabilities and a third to hedge revenues.
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Global Equity: Rediscovering dividends
by Joseph Mariathasan - Investors were hugely disappointed by the performance of stock markets over the past decade. Joseph Mariathasan explains why they should refocus on dividends
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Hedge fund revival is underway
by Joseph Mariathasan - Investors are becoming more sophisticated in alternatives. Some are investing directly in the larger hedge funds, while using funds of funds for niche strategies and specific portfolios.
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Renminbi funds are ready for take off
by Andrew Wood - The growing pool of offshore renminbi creates a very attractive opportunity for asset managers who want to launch renminbi-denominated funds.
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India: In a league of its own
by Joseph Mariathasan - One-sixth of the world’s population lives in India. It’s the world’s largest democracy. But how attractive is it to investors?
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Sustainability: smoke and mirrors
by Bee Ong - If sustainability reporting is weighted towards appearances, how can investors get a reliable gauge of their risk of loss, or probability of improved financial performance?
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Passive index funds may rival ETFs in Asia-Pacific
by Bee Ong – Asia’s pension funds, sovereign funds and endowments have been increasing their use of exchange-traded funds particularly during portfolio transitions.
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Hedge fund flows and performance in 2010
How have hedge funds been adapting to life after the global financial crisis. Richard Johnston of Albourne Partners outlines the year’s emerging trends.
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Working age population peaked in 2010
Ten or fifteen years ago, global aging barely registered as a policy issue. But as a new study shows, China and the rest of Asia faces some tough decisions and policy challenges as they seek to avert widespread social instability. Richard Newell reports
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Punching above its weight
The tiny city-state Singapore amazed the world with its rapid economic growth. Can it repeat the magic to become one of the world’s biggest centres for asset management? Andrew Wood reports
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Good governance - it all starts at the top
It is essential that Asian pension and reserve funds, which are the dominant asset owners in the region, should view governance on two levels.
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Dynamic allocation strategies on the rise
Assumptions underlying the orthodox static approach to asset allocation are being questioned in an environment where pension funds are forced to be ever more concerned about the volatility in their funding ratio.
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New risks in benchmark and static allocation
What were participants worried about at the Pacific Pension Institute’s Asian 2010 roundtable in Hong Kong, “Managing Risk in the Face of Austerity”? Andrew Wood was there to find out.
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Quasi-private equity approach is a good way to invest
Prakash Ramaseshan at Kotak Mahindra explains to Bee Ong how to avoid volatility when investing in India
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Gold - the uninflatable asset
Gold may be a good hedge against an investment portfolio’s fiat currency exposures. But, Martin Steward asks, does it matter that some investors may be holding it for very different reasons?
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AusSuper chief questions role of bonds
Mark Delaney says fixed income investments might increase risks instead of reducing them
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Central banks should take more risk with reserves
State Street Global Advisors’ Hon Cheung thinks central banks are too conservative when they diversify assets, and need to look beyond dollars, yen and euros.
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Peter Drucker on sensible investment beliefs
The Unseen Revolution’ was decades ahead of its time in predicting that the massive wave of retirement savings would offer an opportunity to make capitalism work for workers.
