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Japan’s GPIF seeks ESG research providers

January 22, 2021

Thailand fund management assets drop 6.5% in 2020 on bond outflow, Morningstar says

January 22, 2021

Investments: Thailand fund management industry recorded 276.3 billion baht of net outflow in 2020, according to Morningstar

Hong Kong, Thai regulators sign cross-border fund distribution pact

January 22, 2021

Market Access: The fund distribution pact is scheduled to be launched within six to 12 months

Australia’s Perpetual hires State Street to provide custody service

January 21, 2021

Securities Services: State Street’s appointment will become effective in the first half of 2021

J.P. Morgan Asset Management hires Felix Lam as Asia investment stewardship head

January 21, 2021

Going Places: Felix Lam, formerly from CCB International Securities, will report to Jennifer Wu, global head of sustainable investing

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan bets on select Asia businesses through Covid-19

January 21, 2021

Pensions: Ontario Teachers’ Senior Managing Director for Asia Pacific Ben Chan expects interest rates to stay lower for longer

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ESG index investment strategy in China's bond market

ESG index investment strategy in China's bond market

By Shenghua Si & Yi Zhao, Index Department, ChinaBond Pricing Center January 19, 2021

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DECEMBER 2020 - JANUARY 2021 VOL.25/26 NO.12/1

Growing pains

As Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund system enters its third decade this month, it’s timely to look back at the progress – or lack thereof – of the scheme. From the time it was launched on December 1, 2000 after decades of planning, the system was beset with controversy given its design and features as a privately-managed scheme

Principal: In Hong Kong for the long haul

Global retirement leader Principal has been part of the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) since the system first began 20 years ago in December 2000

Still a ways to go

Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund was born 20 years ago. Today, it’s the largest public retirement system in the city and one of the 30 largest in the world, with assets crossing the HK$1 trillion (US$129 billion) mark

Making the most of multi-asset

Multi-asset investing has become more popular in recent years. The concept, which typically involves investing in a portfolio comprising stocks and bonds, isn’t new but investors are increasingly looking to this strategy as low interest rates, US-China trade tensions, and now the coronavirus pandemic, make for an increasingly challenging environment

Lofty goals

For Keiichi Aritomo, raising Tokyo’s asset management skills and ecosystem to higher levels is key, both to the city’s success as a global financial centre and to improving returns on Japan’s vast and currently low-yielding household assets

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