Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 375
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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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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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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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How trustees can build a robust framework
Bee Ong finds out the fundamental questions investment committees need to ask.
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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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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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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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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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Super funds bemoan alternative fees
Australian superannuation funds believe many alternative asset managers’ fee structures are “grossly” excessive.
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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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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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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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China's NSSF takes more active social role
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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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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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
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Liam Kennedy: A tale of two CIOs
APG in the Netherlands and Hermes in the UK – two pension management organisations that are owned by their largest client, respectively the largest pension funds in their two countries.
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Martin Steward: A tragedy of errors
When three of the world’s major central banks do three different things for three different reasons, it’s a fair bet that at least one of them is making a policy error. But which one is making the error, how serious is it, and do the other two need to worry?
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Nina Röhrbein: Bitter side of sugar, grains and cocoa beans
With food and oil prices setting new record highs, many investors find it hard to resist the lure of commodity investments nowadays.
