Asia-Pacific: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis – Page 5
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News
Pension investors press companies over Myanmar human rights risks
Norway’s Storebrand one leader of initiative; signatories include Velliv, AP7, Dutch architects
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News
NBIM calls on China to sharpen corporate ESG reporting plan
Would be better to make Chinese firms publish English versions of corporate reports too, says Norway’s SWF
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Features
Briefing: China bonding with the world
It is tantalising to imagine the concept – that the standard global fixed-income portfolio, which has stood the test of time for so long, may be about to unravel. The standard bearers – US Treasuries, the UK Gilts, German Bunds and Japanese government bonds (JGBs) – may soon have to share the stage with a brash newcomer: Chinese government bonds (CGBs).
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Australia: Coalition mulls super hike
There are arguments both for and against a rise in compulsory superannuation contribution rate as Australia emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic .
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Special Report
China’s asset management industry
The top 30 Chinese asset managers have a total AUM of €5.41trn, accounting for 35% of the industry total, according to IPE’s research partner, the London-based ATC Initiative
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News
Denmark’s P+ mulls divestment of 11 stocks linked to Myanmar military
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights should have legal force, says pension fund’s responsible investment chief
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News
Norway SWF pushes for more independence on Japanese boards
Proposals for sharpening up Japanese corporate governance code draw comment from Oslo
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Opinion Pieces
Emerging markets require a rethink
A rethink of the term ‘emerging markets’ is long overdue. It has always been a catch-all category but the gap between the description and reality is becoming over-stretched.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Australia: A question of gender imbalance
Statistics offer a snapshot into the real world and they reveal a depressing picture of gender inequality in Australia’s superannuation system.
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Opinion Pieces
Abundant opportunity… and risk
In case you needed reminding, both China’s equity and fixed-income markets are the world’s second-largest after the US.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Australia: Should super savings fund homes?
A post-COVID-19 housing boom has made the future of Australia’s A$3trn (€2trn) superannuation savings pool a hot topic.
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Opinion Pieces
Culture wars pose the greatest dangers
What areas within the increasingly bitter conflict between China and the West are most likely to hit asset owners?
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Features
China: Caught in the crossfire
The investment world is at risk of being caught in the midst of a ‘geoeconomic’ conflict between the world’s main economic blocs
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Australia: Retail super funds in distress
Australia’s once-dominant retail super funds are witnessing the end of an era as they wrestle with loss of consumer confidence in their brands. Hastening change has been the rise of industry supers, which benefitted from damaging evidence provided to the Hayne Royal Commission in 2018.
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Opinion Pieces
The world is approaching an inflection point
Domestic challenges and US political developments have proved such a preoccupation recently that it has been all too easy to miss a key global shift. China’s rise to global prominence has accelerated markedly as a result of the past year’s events.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Australia: Early access genie escapes the bottle
In March 2020, as the Australian economy went into COVID-19 lockdown the government unlocked the national superannuation pool, seeking to ease the financial stress on individuals.
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News
NBIM urges smoother functionality in HK IPO settlement plan
Norway’s giant SWF gives views on Hong Kong Exchanges IPO modernisation
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News
PBU cornerstone investor in new southeast Asia women’s fund
Danish pension fund CEO says women ‘foundation of the family’ in developing countries
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Opinion Pieces
Japan is not that different
One of the abiding myths about Japan is that it is different from everywhere else. Not just distinctive in the sense that all countries have peculiarities but uniquely different.
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Features
Briefing: Japan emerging from its invisible lockdown
Japan is all too often portrayed as being different from other countries. Not just distinctive in the obvious sense that every country has its own national peculiarities. Instead, somehow unique in a way that makes it stand out from every other country.