The $1.2 trillion state pension fund hires eight firms to manage overseas stocks, and is finalising domestic equity mandates. It comes after record losses in domestic bonds.
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Recognising a gap in its product suite, the firm is building a packaged solutions business combining internal expertise, most likely centralised in London.
Panelists at AsianInvestor's Japan Institutional Investor Forum say it's time for corporations to put their cash to work and that rising interest rates should be welcomed, not feared.
Asset managers and institutional investors debate the pros and cons of investing in emerging markets. A conservative approach often prevails.
The firm appoints Scott Greenberg from Morgan Stanley as the first Asia representative of its global capital markets team. He will target primary equity and debt investment opportunities.
Under pressure from tighter regulations and shrinking trading volumes, broker-dealers say they need to reform their cash equity businesses to survive.
The Thai bourse has been on a tear and trigger funds have flooded the market. But Cerulli expects competing products to emerge in 2013 as the phenomenon runs out of steam.
The bank has moved to centralise transition management resources in response to sluggish industry flows, cutting its Asia-Pacific head of TM, Tom Wyse.
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The two houses see dividends as an important income source for investors in 2013 as cashed-up companies look to increase payouts.
A buy-side group accuses brokers of using indications of interest to test market demand and fish for more business.
Principal Global Investors says its nine-year-old preferred securities fund is gaining assets among sophisticated European and Asian investors amid post-crisis regulatory change.
Dai Xianglong tells a forum the social security fund will raise its private equity investment heavily over the next three years after PE accounted for 70% of its total return in 2011.
