All articles by Iain Mills – Page 2

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    New venture targets China's FI funds market

    IP Asia September 2011

    Shanghai-based Anzhong has launched the AZ Multi Asset-Renminbi Opportunities Fund, the first UCITS III fund in Hong Kong. IPA’s Iain Mills caught up with Anzhong’s CEO Gerard de Benedetto in Shanghai, to find out more.

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    China's NSSF takes more active social role

    IP Asia May 2011

    This expansion suggests the fund is ready to move beyond its original mandate as a “strategic reserve” to becoming a more proactive player in domestic social and welfare plans.

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    China - a range of new measures

    IP Asia May 2011

    Iain Mills reports from Beijing on the new decrees from Chinese regulators on enterprise annuity, master trusts and variable annuities.

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    Chinese still risk-averse in international markets

    IP Asia May 2011

    The barriers Chinese firms face in developed economies often means they cannot easily invest in their first-choice asset classes and have to be more opportunistic in their approach.

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    Cross-border flows set for massive increase

    IP Asia March 2011

    Following the gradual loosening of foreign exchange controls last year, China has begun 2011 with a further series of reforms which are likely to boost the country’s already burgeoning renminbi markets. Iain Mills reports from Beijing

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    NPC outlines Social Security Fund expansion

    IP Asia March 2011

    The fund has an upper limit for overseas assets of 20%, although currently this has remained stable at 7% since last July. The fund has a long-stated aim of fulfilling this quota, but Dai refused to put a time-scale on this expansion.

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    Plan to moderate structural economic risks

    IP Asia November 2010

    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.