Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 420
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IP Asia
A new age of transition management
Today’s operational landscape bears little resemblance to the processes of the past following the global revolution in infrastructure and trade processing, a testament to the success of enlightened regulators as much as technological advancement.
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Growing pains of Taiwan's second pillar
The Labor Pension Fund (LPF) celebrated its fourth birthday in July, Carl Redondo assesses new messages designed to address some of its shortcomings.
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Stimulus windfall for green investment
Massive global stimulus is driving the development of environmental investments
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Labor Pension Fund's outsourcing plan
The LPF currently uses third party fund managers for around 15% of its overseas investments within the new portfolio, and 5% from the old system. Xav Feng, Head of Research in China and Taiwan for Lipper says, “This year, the LPF plans to invest $2 billion in overseas markets, up ...
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IP Asia
Sustainability by stealth
In the view of this fund manager, clients choose a manager not for its responsible investment capabilities, but because it generates excess return. Clients are skeptical of RI anyway, so there’s no point trying to sell it that way.
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China - working towards greater transparency
The Japan Research Institute is developing a research methodology for Chinese companies. Head of ESG Research, Eiichiro Adachi, provides the background to the development of social responsible in corporate China.
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IP Asia
Triple Bottom Line – the Islamic perspective
Is it possible to combine a financial return with a social conscience, in an investment that is compliant with Shariah law?
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IP Asia
Micro-finance comes of age
Pension funds and insurance companies are leading the way in supporting the businesses of those who fall under the radar of conventional funding
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Doing more with less – the new ideal
The annual TBLI (triple bottom line investing) Asia conference provided an interesting discussion in Yokohama, Japan, involving investors at the forefront of responsible investment. This report is the introduction to an extended section on the theme that appears in the Q3 2009 edition of IPA.
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IP Asia
Rebuilding Trust
While we may be over the worst of the immediate effects of the financial crisis, as Bob Dylan wrote, “things have changed”.
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IP Asia
Has 'buy and hold' had its day?
Systematic equity risk overlay is one solution to address investors’ aversion to downside risk
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A new reality for hedge funds and their investors
The post-Lehman picture for hedge funds shows a leaner industry emerging as investment banks put a lid on leverage
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Singapore’s big two alter course
The Government Investment Corporation and Temasek Holdings were both caught out by the recent market collapse. Bee Ong describes how they are revising their investment approach.
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Sovereigns show an increased appetite for risk
From securities lending to turnaround opportunities, sovereign wealth funds are increasingly taking over where pensions funds have left off. Richard Newell reports.
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IP Asia
The big squeeze on active fees
After months watching the global financial crisis, Australian superannuation funds are starting to respond in ways which will have significant implications for the structure of the industry.
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IP Asia
Why we’re in for a bumpy ride
I am not a perma-bear and do not deny the existence of green shoots, but just question how much confidence investors should take from a bit of “bad, but less bad” data.
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Australia pitches for Islamic finance role
The Government thinks there’s a great opportunity for Australia to play a key role in areas such as Islamic finance
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Features
Nerves of steel
Hugh Smart of the British Steel Pension Fund tells Nina Röhrbein about his approach to dynamic decision making in a portfolio split between liability matching and return generation
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Country Report
Three into one doesn’t always go
Everyone agrees that pension fund mergers are a good idea. But doing something about it is another matter, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
