Iain Mills
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China: Resolving the mismatch in asset-liability
As China seeks to overcome asset-liability mismatches, it is developing fixed income as a source of funding, writes Iain Mills.
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China: Growth in an air pocket
China’s economic slowdown helps accelerate rebalancing but institutional uncertainties remain, writes Iain Mills.
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Getting up to speed with the rest of Asia
Iain Mills looks at how Chinese institutional investors are following their Asian counterparts in financing economic rebalancing.
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China refines QFII and RQFII to broaden appeal
Beyond quota expansion, China takes steps to improve structural market integrity for QFII and RQFII, writes Iain Mills.
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Investors stay lukewarm to China property
Policy uncertainly is prompting Chinese real estate investors to seek opportunities elsewhere, Iain Mills reports.
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China’s pension system set to come of age
Iain Mills explains how a drive in China towards improving returns on pension funds means large-scale opportunities for asset managers.
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Investors keep cautious views on QFII expansion
Iain Mills canvassed the views of several market players to gauge their responses to the development, risks and opportunities on the recent expansion of China’s QFII programme.
NewsChina Investment Corporation gains further $50bn, announces BlackRock JV
Development bank’s fund management arm also raises $9bn for private equity fund of funds.
NewsIPA: China's pensions system set to come of age
Profound changes lay ahead for China’s pensions system, writes IPA’s Iain Mills.
NewsIPA: How long will Beijing's reformist reawakening last?
Has the Communist Party rediscovered radical change? Don’t get your hopes up just yet.
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Vietnam: Always the bridesmaid...
With BRIC growth rates looking to have peaked, investors are seeking new high-growth plays in smaller emerging markets. Iain Mills reports.
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Securities Services interview with BNP Paribas
IPA recently caught up with Patrick Colle, CEO of BNP Paribas Securities Services and his colleagues Lawrence Au, Head of Asia Pacific, and Jing Zeng, Managing Director (China) to hear their views on how Chinese institutions can move abroad, lessons for Asia from the European experience, and how technology is transforming back-end investment procedures.
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Chinese SWFs play key role in outbound investment drive
Iain Mills explores the key role that Chinese sovereign wealth funds play in the country’s outbound investment drive.
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Problems in store for Indian banks in 2012
Softness in Indian bank bonds is slowly shifting from a story of oversupply to more fundamental concerns.
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China proceeds cautiously on variable annuities
As China continues to expand its variable annuities (VA) pilot scheme, international debates over the desirability of VA products carry on. Iain Mills examines the issues.
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Chinese trust companies – coming in from the shadow
China is making a distinct attempt to legitimise and professionalise the trust sector, whose growing asset management function presents new opportunities for foreign and Chinese investors alike, Iain Mills reports.
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CIC restructures for overseas push
Iain Mills looks at China’s sovereign wealth funds as China Investment Corp undergoes a major restructuring and continues its gradual expansion into active management strategies.
NewsIPE sister publication launches Chinese-language magazine in Beijing
China Investment Corporation welcomes IPC as forum for Chinese and foreign expert views.
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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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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.”
