Governments in Asia are stepping up their pension reforms to boost retirement savings adequacy, potentially generating business opportunities for asset managers operating in the region. Retirement income security is a top concern for Asian governments, noted a press release from Cerulli Associates. In response to aging and other pension challenges in the region, governments are amending […]
U.S.-denominated Asian bonds have reached US$1.1 trillion in outstanding bonds and now rank alongside U.S. high yield and bank loans, according to an Invesco Canada Ltd. insight brief. Amping up the market’s growth, Asian banks have been hampered by tighter regulatory capital requirements and are not able to meet the debt needs of Asia’s growing […]
With many Asian countries in need of private infrastructure investors, one way to make it more attractive to investors is by sharing some of the additional tax revenue created by these projects, says Naoyuki Yoshino, dean and chief executive officer of the Asian Development Bank Institute. In the past, infrastructure returns were generated from user […]
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The recent summit in Singapore between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has raised mixed reactions from the investment world. “No doubt, you’ve heard the criticisms of the outcome [of the summit], that the agreements signed by President Trump and Kim Jong Un are too vague, that no new commitments came […]
Investments from pension funds accounted for 25 per cent of Canadian investment in the Asia-Pacific region between 2013 and 2017. Their share was up from just one per cent between 2003 and 2007, according to a new report. The report, released by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, found that between 2003 and 2017, Canadian […]
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