All Asia Pacific articles – Page 10
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White papers
Sustainable Asian cities: A compelling – and urgent – investment opportunity
In their white paper, “Sustainable Asian cities – preparing now for the future”, our Emerging Markets Debt team and Sustainability Centre detail the rationale underpinning a new investment strategy which targets companies that can help Asian cities achieve the sustainable changes they need to make to deal with an over-stretched infrastructure, migration and climate change.
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Webinar
Introducing the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan Index Series
The next generation of climate transition indexes for Japan’s net zero.
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Japan Is Back on the Risk Radar
Japan and the extreme moves in its currency are among the most important dynamics in capital markets right now—here’s why we think they should loom much larger in investors’ minds.
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Market snapshot: a glimmer of hope amid China’s lockdowns?
The People’s Bank of China held key interest rates steady this week despite widespread expectations that it would further loosen its monetary response
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CityWatch | Singapore
Our research team analyzed more than 4,000 cities and identified the top 2% we believe are most attractive to people and businesses, today and in the future. Singapore is one of those cities.
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How to think about investing in China today
Despite well-publicised moves to restructure its economy over the past few years, China remains a key investment destination due to the attraction of its enormous domestic market. And as the world’s second-largest economy, China is also deeply interconnected with the global economy in manufacturing supply chains and is increasingly a large portion of multinational corporate revenues. Consequently, understanding and navigating the complexities of China for both domestic and international investing has never been more important.
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Asset Manager News
Pro-invest and Next Story launch joint hospitality group Vista
Pro-invest and Next Story Group have joined forces to establish a new management company, Vista Hospitality Group Australasia.
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China’s credit growth shows signs of recovery
Despite Beijing’s pledge to ease monetary policy further, financial markets are sceptical about how effective this would be in boosting economic growth. One notable concern is the growing gap between M1 narrow money and M2 broad money growth, which suggests that economic agents would rather save than spend.
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What investors need to know about Southeast Asia’s solar energy boom
Prabaljit Sarkar, an expert in sustainable infrastructure, look at how solar energy infrastructure deals work, why the Southeast Asian market is booming and importantly, which deals are most promising for investors.
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Asset Manager News
SC Capital Partners launches pan-Asian data centre platform
SC Capital Partners Pte Ltd (“SC Capital Partners”), the Singapore headquartered private equity real estate firm, has launched a data centre platform, SC Zeus Data Tenters Pte Ltd (“SC Zeus Data Centers”) in partnership with a team of highly experienced data centre professionals led by data centre and private equity real estate industry veteran Joe Gooi
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Video
The Meeting Room Webcast: Asia ex-Japan, February 2022
Hear from Jonathan Pines, and Sandy Pei, CFA, Deputy Portfolio Manager, Asia ex-Japan, as they reflect on recent performance and discuss the outlook for the region from both a market and portfolio positioning perspective.
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ESG Thema #8 - Financing the energy transition in Asia
Energy transition is critical in the fight against climate change and global warming, and Asia has a big role to play. Where more than half of the world’s population reside, Asia consumes over 40% of global energy while releasing over half of global carbon emissions as of 2020.
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DBS case study
EOS communicated to DBS investor concerns about sustainable palm oil production and pressed for an improved palm oil financing policy for existing borrowers. We were pleased to see DBS improved its palm oil financing policy for all customers, requiring a “No Deforestation, no Peat, no Exploitation” commitment, or principles and criteria of the RSPO for all its existing and new borrowers.
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Investment Viewpoint: Asia Fixed Income Outlook 2022
2021 was historic for our asset class by many accounts. Asian High Yield (HY) had its worst annual performance since 2008, down over 11% and recorded a default rate of 13%.1 There was an unprecedented USD 50 billion of Chinese HY defaults which means one third of Chinese HY defaulted in 2021.
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Podcast
EM Debt in 2022: China, COVID & Central Banks
What lies ahead for EM debt markets in 2022? Risks include higher rates and inflation as well as uncertainties surrounding China and the path of the pandemic. But with defaults still low and spreads wide by historical standards, opportunities look likely to arise.
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China Is Still an Asian Tiger
We think the Lunar New Year could see a growth comeback for China.
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China: The Great Disconnect
Chinese equities offer many unique attributes, particularly given the improving access to the onshore market, which offers investors direct exposure to China’s economy as it repositions itself for long-term sustainable growth.
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*Outlook highlights: China seeks stable growth; other EMs face bumps*
In our new paper EM, Asia, China 2022 market outlook: Building back stability, Zhikai Chen, head of Asia/Global Emerging Market Equities, and David Choa, head of Greater China Equities, examine the critical factors influencing the likely path of EM equities this year.
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China’s Complicated Year in the Global Spotlight
For the global economy, the consequences of China’s current economic trajectory are much more difficult to tease out.
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Asset Manager News
GLP Launches $1.1 Billion Maiden Vietnam Logistics Development Fund
GLP announced today the establishment of GLP Vietnam Development Partners I (“GLP VDP I”) with an investment capacity of $1.1 billion. The fund has received commitments from a well-diversified investor group across Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East representing pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies.