Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 421
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Country Report
Arrivederci to the era of La Dolce Pensione
Italy can no longer afford a generous state pension, that left little room for private provision. But there is little appetite for a new approach following the financial and economic crises, finds George Coats
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Country Report
Divided views on raising the retirement age
Politicians, trade unions and employers have different opinions on the desirability of further reforms, finds Maria Teresa Cometto
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Country Report
Less is more
The new head of the Covip supervisor has taken office with a lively agenda. Maria Teresa Cometto examines his new proposals
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IP Asia
Questions to ask when setting up an endowment fund
Madeleine Lee, Director of Athenaeum Ltd, and former deputy chief investment officer of the National University of Singapore (NUS) investment office, has this advice for the founders of new endowment funds.
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IP Asia
Key Insights For Managing an Asian Endowment Fund (from one who knows)
Having managed two major endowment funds in Singapore, Madeleine Lee knows that the devil hides in the details. She describes her experience and how much of the key strategies were learnt from the major US endowments.
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IP Asia
Investment issues for new pension system
India is finally putting into place a radical new pension system aimed at providing near universal coverage. The New Pension System (NPS) proposed in the OASIS (Old Age Social and Income Security) report (2000) represents an important break with traditional ideas about the organisation of pensions systems in India. Its growth and development is set to have a profound impact on India’s capital markets as well as providing security in old age to a population seeing unprecedented changes in social structures as economic growth takes off. As G. Pradeepkumar Chief Marketing Officer of IDFC Investment Advisors argues: “The absence of institutional players such as pension funds has been a major problem with Indian equity markets. The new pension system will, hopefully, fill that gap some day.”
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IP Asia
Capital flows could benefit emerging markets
Booming prices for emerging assets would lower the cost of capital for emerging market based corporations strengthening their competitive advantage versus developed market peers and reinforcing a benign spiral of value creation.
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IP Asia
Transitioning fixed income assets in fractured markets
Highlighting the importance of pre-transition analysis, particularly in the wake of the liquidity crisis
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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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IP Asia
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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IP Asia
Stimulus windfall for green investment
Massive global stimulus is driving the development of environmental investments
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IP Asia
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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IP Asia
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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IP Asia
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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IP Asia
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
