Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 384
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Special ReportPoland: Ongoing pensions saga
Krystyna Krzyzak charts moves, countermoves and conflicting policies for reform of Poland’s supplementary pension system
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Turkey: Crossroads of change
Turkey has undergone a tremendous growth cycle transforming it from basketcase to poster boy. Baldwin Berges comments on the reasons and the potential consequences
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Need for a greater understanding of investor behaviour
Behavioural finance helps us understand how investors often use their hearts and not their heads when buying and selling property. By Scott Girard and Weijia Wang
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You need three different portfolios
Sovereign wealth funds should use three different portfolios when constructing their investment strategies: one that seeks performance, another to hedge liabilities and a third to hedge revenues.
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Flexibility needed to track the best companies
For many investors, rather than limiting the investable universe, it may be more appropriate to include ESG factors into the investment process.
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Global Equity: Rediscovering dividends
by Joseph Mariathasan - Investors were hugely disappointed by the performance of stock markets over the past decade. Joseph Mariathasan explains why they should refocus on dividends
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Do 'good' Asian companies give better returns?
Do Asian companies with good governance really give better returns? Amar Gill and Jamie Allen explain how they can.
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The Pros and Cons of Managing Investments In-house
by Gail Moss - Can you cut costs or add value by running your own investments in-house?
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Due diligence takes time in Asia
by Ellen Sheng - Alternative investments in Asia may promise double digit returns. But entering any new market can be daunting without proper due diligence.
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Private equity opportunities in Asia
by Stuart Pallister - Private equity in Asia is taking a very different path to that in the West, says Nicholas Bloy of the Malaysia-based firm Navis Capital.
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EU moves bring new calls for Asian fund passport
by Andrew Wood - The EU’s proposed Alternative Investment Fund Manager directive will adversely affect the entire funds industry in Asia.
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Hedge fund revival is underway
by Joseph Mariathasan - Investors are becoming more sophisticated in alternatives. Some are investing directly in the larger hedge funds, while using funds of funds for niche strategies and specific portfolios.
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Sustainability: smoke and mirrors
by Bee Ong - If sustainability reporting is weighted towards appearances, how can investors get a reliable gauge of their risk of loss, or probability of improved financial performance?
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Renminbi funds are ready for take off
by Andrew Wood - The growing pool of offshore renminbi creates a very attractive opportunity for asset managers who want to launch renminbi-denominated funds.
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India edges closer to stock lending
by Joseph Mariathasan - Soon, investors should be able to borrow and lend stocks in India. But this is not the first time it’s been tried
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India: In a league of its own
by Joseph Mariathasan - One-sixth of the world’s population lives in India. It’s the world’s largest democracy. But how attractive is it to investors?
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Special ReportClean India
Kirsteen Morrison identifies some showcase opportunities in renewable energy, water and agriculture in India
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Features
Presenting Failures
The IASB’s discussion of pensions accounting in November posed some of the hitherto unanswered questions about the drive to converge IFRS and US GAAP: at precisely what time are accounting standards going to be set?
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Opinion Pieces
Svobodka Kostadinova and Nickolai Slavchev
For decades, countries in Europe and beyond have been rebounding between the two ideas of privatising social security and nationalising private pension schemes. Perhaps it is high time that the EU proposed a third way.
