All IPE articles in IP Asia May 2011
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Korea - healthy growth in retirement schemes
As part of a wide-ranging study of the Korean pension market, Towers Watson assesses the development of asset management products that are officially registered as suitable for retirement pension funds.
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Japan's tsunami and its impact on hedge funds
Richard Johnston assesses how fund managers were able to respond to the market effects of Japan’s recent disaster situation.
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Promising future for ETFs in portfolio management
New research into the use of ETFs within the asset allocation process of investment professionals reveals some encouraging trends for the market in Asia.
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Going down to the crossover
The hinterland between investment grade and high yield delivers an intriguing risk profile. But Martin Steward also finds that profile changing
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Chinese still risk-averse in international markets
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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China - a range of new measures
Iain Mills reports from Beijing on the new decrees from Chinese regulators on enterprise annuity, master trusts and variable annuities.
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RCM fund managers re-assess China
Mark Konyn, CEO of RCM Asia Pacific, talks to IPA’s Barbara Ottawa at the Asia conference that Allianz Global Investors holds in Berlin every year.
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Questioning investors’ capability to manage OTC risk
Institutional investors’ use of over-the-counter derivatives is running ahead of their ability to manage counterparty risks, reports Bee Ong.
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How trustees can build a robust framework
Bee Ong finds out the fundamental questions investment committees need to ask.
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Expanding beyond the resource rush
In the cities of Central Asia, a new kind of foreign visitor is beginning to emerge: Sovereign wealth fund officials. Bee Ong assesses what attracts them to places such as Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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The rise of smart beta…and how it is changing the game
As a hybrid of passive and active investing, smart beta portfolios are likely to attract a new generation of investors eager to take greater control of their investments in a cost-effective manner. Olivier d’Assier reports
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Best Practices in Currency Execution
Paul Aston describes one practical method of avoiding sub-optimal execution, while also fulfilling fiduciary responsibilities.
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Japanese funds diversify away from equities and bonds
When a pension fund with a large asset base uses multiple funds in an attempt to diversify risk, the task of keeping track of its investments, gauging its income gains and otherwise managing its money is tedious and complicated.
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Equal Weight Indexes Attract Attention
Noriyuki Oharazawa presents some alternative options for benchmarking that are finding favour among Asian money managers
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Discovering Asia’s idiosyncracies
David Walter assesses the key market differences across the region that create opportunity to hedge fund managers.
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LDI in an Asian context
The greater focus on risk that LDI and fiduciary management provide results in a much more stringent framework that enables a control mechanism to preserve value.
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Re-working Asian bond portfolios
One of the most striking examples of the seismic shift in global fixed income markets is the recent announcement by Standard & Poor’s that it has changed the outlook for the AAA rated US treasury bonds, the ultimate risk free asset, from stable to negative.
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Case study: Investing responsibly in Asia
Alexia Wai-Chun Tye describes the governance turnaround of a Chinese portfolio company
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Finding the rationale for private equity in Asia
Asia is seen as the big opportunity for private equity. But despite the huge growth in the number of specialist managers, there are fears that many Asian deals are attracting the ‘dumb money’. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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AMP chief sees positive outlook for Asia fundraising
Anthony Fasso talks to IPA’s Ellen Sheng about the new regulations and directives that are driving large institutional fund flows in Asia
