Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 30
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Doing more with less – the new ideal
The annual TBLI (triple bottom line investing) Asia conference provided an interesting discussion in Yokohama, Japan, involving investors at the forefront of responsible investment. This report is the introduction to an extended section on the theme that appears in the Q3 2009 edition of IPA.
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Investment issues for new pension system
India is finally putting into place a radical new pension system aimed at providing near universal coverage. The New Pension System (NPS) proposed in the OASIS (Old Age Social and Income Security) report (2000) represents an important break with traditional ideas about the organisation of pensions systems in India. Its growth and development is set to have a profound impact on India’s capital markets as well as providing security in old age to a population seeing unprecedented changes in social structures as economic growth takes off. As G. Pradeepkumar Chief Marketing Officer of IDFC Investment Advisors argues: “The absence of institutional players such as pension funds has been a major problem with Indian equity markets. The new pension system will, hopefully, fill that gap some day.”
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Rebuilding Trust
While we may be over the worst of the immediate effects of the financial crisis, as Bob Dylan wrote, “things have changed”.
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Sustainability by stealth
In the view of this fund manager, clients choose a manager not for its responsible investment capabilities, but because it generates excess return. Clients are skeptical of RI anyway, so there’s no point trying to sell it that way.
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Why change is hard to achieve
Janet Li, Watson Wyatt’s head of investment consulting for Taiwan says the country has some hard choices ahead, but embedded corruption and a lack of accountability mean the situation is unlikely to improve in the foreseeable future. “Taiwanese are culturally afraid of change,” says Li, “and a culture of ...
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The recipe for success in Asian real estate
Practitioners in real estate know that successful investing in real estate requires many things to go right and it’s genuinely the product of team work.
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China faces up to its biggest challenge
The Chinese government is presently undergoing important reforms to build a sustainable, nationwide pension system.
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Dynamic hedge - a way of shock-proofing your portfolio
In common with institutions elsewhere in the region, Japan’s pension funds have been actively pursuing alternative strategies.
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CAT bonds an alternative in correlated markets
CAT bonds expose investors to infrequent, extreme weather.
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Variable annuities feel the squeeze
Despite high demand from investors, unit-linked pensions are being withdrawn from sale because of the high cost of guaranteeing the policies
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Reassessing your investment approach
How have Asian asset allocators reacted to the financial markets crisis? Richard Newell assesses the impact the crisis has had on traditional views of asset allocation and what recommendations the investment community is putting forward for institutional portfolios in this new investing environment.
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New Asian sectors range from FTSE
FTSE’s new Asian sectors range is a reflection of the growing maturity of Asia’s indexing market.
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RBC automates and wins ING mandate
In Australia, RBC Dexia is the first unit registrar to be SWIFT-enabled and operative as part of an industry-wide drive to promote straight-through-processing.
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Major risk categories to be aware of
DB Advisors Asia Pacific summarise the various risk groups affecting institutional investors
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The high yield bond is back
High yield bonds are hailed as the opportunity of a lifetime by one of BNP Paribas’ stable of managers.
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ING getting the basics right
As ING Investment Management restructures its senior management in Asia, new CEO Alan Harden is using the opportunity to reinforce some basic principles.
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Is VaR to blame for the downturn?
During this ongoing financial crisis, one risk metric that has received much criticism is Value-at-Risk (VaR). Angus Hung and Michael Langton put this into context and advise on how to get the best from your risk metrics.
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Great opportunities in convertible bonds
The convertible investment landscape underwent a seismic shift in valuation methodology as well as actual valuations last year.
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China as an ETF hub
ETF issuers are competing to become the early movers in the market for Greater China products
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China's retail sector flourishes
Though China has been impacted by the global recession, especially for exports, the domestic sector is still quite resilient.
