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UniSuper defies accepted thinking

Mention any asset class to John Pearce, chief investment officer of Australian superannuation fund UniSuper, and he will doggedly set out the good and bad thinking around it. A common source of his ire is the sight of investors herding around a belief based on a lack of rigorous thinking. Good practice for him involves […]
David RowleyJune 12, 2013
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Tackling sustainability in emerging markets

Emerging market investing and sustainable investing easily rank as two of the most substantiated of the many investment trends of the past decade. However, the two styles of investing are far from natural bedfellows. Christian Ragnartz, as chief investment officer of the $17-billion-plus Swedish pension fund AP7 – which has 13 per cent of its […]
Dan BillinghamMarch 1, 2013
Investor Profile

CPPIB doubles logistics spend in China

The $165.8-billion Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has substantially increased its investment in logistics properties in China, doubling its funding of a partnership with the Goodman Group. It is the second time in a year that CPPIB has doubled its exposure to logistics properties in this Chinese joint venture, with its latest injection of […]
SAM RILEYAugust 31, 2012
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Funds chase
the dragon

Institutional investors are turning their attention to Asia, with CalPERS the latest large pension fund to announce a new foray into the region. America’s biggest public pension fund this week announced it would invest $530 million in two new real-estate funds targeting investments in China. Despite concerns about a residential property bubble in China, CalPERS’ […]
SAM RILEYAugust 17, 2012
Research

Growth in China wind and solar energy to slow

China’s 12th Five Year Plan sets out ambitious goals for de-carbonizing China’s electricity supply. The plan emphasises a large-scale expansion of renewable and low-carbon electricity energy sources.
 February 8, 2012
Research

IMF assess China’s financial system stability

The International Monetary Fund has conducted a detailed analysis of the stability of the Chinese financial system. The stability of the financial system of the world’s second biggest economy has come under the spotlight as concerns about price bubbles in real estate markets, spiralling local government debt, and the sharp increase in off-balance sheet lending […]
 November 16, 2011
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