Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 23
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Flexibility needed to track the best companies
For many investors, rather than limiting the investable universe, it may be more appropriate to include ESG factors into the investment process.
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Need for a greater understanding of investor behaviour
Behavioural finance helps us understand how investors often use their hearts and not their heads when buying and selling property. By Scott Girard and Weijia Wang
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Do 'good' Asian companies give better returns?
Do Asian companies with good governance really give better returns? Amar Gill and Jamie Allen explain how they can.
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EU moves bring new calls for Asian fund passport
by Andrew Wood - The EU’s proposed Alternative Investment Fund Manager directive will adversely affect the entire funds industry in Asia.
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Due diligence takes time in Asia
by Ellen Sheng - Alternative investments in Asia may promise double digit returns. But entering any new market can be daunting without proper due diligence.
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Private equity opportunities in Asia
by Stuart Pallister - Private equity in Asia is taking a very different path to that in the West, says Nicholas Bloy of the Malaysia-based firm Navis Capital.
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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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Where a foreign partner helps
“We taught India the language of investing” was the Unit Trust of India’s traditional boast. Since T. Rowe Price bought a big stake in UTI, its modern slogan “Let’s plan to get rich” seems more appropriate. Joseph Mariathasan reports.
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Pressure to outsource in fast-changing market
The increasingly competitive trading market in Asia placing a lot of pressure on brokerage firms to focus on core competencies and outsource other functions. BNP Paribas in Hong Kong surveyed of 150 brokerages to determine their attitudes towards outsourcing.
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Securities lending evolves
Lending shares is no longer such a simple way to boost returns. Bee Ong reports.
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Plan to moderate structural economic risks
Can the government’s latest five-year plan reduce structural risks in China’s economy and ensure current growth rates are sustained? Iain Mills reports from Beijing.
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Future Fund favours developed markets in the short term
Betty Kotevski reports on how the Australian fund’s alternative assets and debt holdings have boosted returns
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Coping with low interest rates and high volatility
Bond yields have plummeted as governments and central banks try to fight the effects of the global financial crisis, while volatility has soared. Andrew Wood talks to Société Générale’s cross-asset team about possible solutions for insurers.
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The case for emerging market debt
Amundi’s head of emerging markets debt management, Sergei Strigo, talks to IPA about the increasing appeal of fixed-income investment in developing countries
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Biodiversity and diversification for Kehati
Indonesia’s green endowment Kehati has gone from passive investing to active and back to passive.
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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.
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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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AusSuper chief questions role of bonds
Mark Delaney says fixed income investments might increase risks instead of reducing them
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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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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
