All Asia Pacific articles – Page 4
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Emerging Markets: Q1 CIO Update
Chief Investment Officer Sean Taylor provides a Q1 update on emerging markets, a regional outlook on how some countries are doing, and his thoughts on AI’s impact in Asia.
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Q1 2024 CIO Review and Outlook
CIO Sean Taylor says macro uncertainty may moderate in the coming months, placing greater importance on active investing for generating alpha in emerging markets.
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Q1 2024 - Asia Pacific Market Perspective
Markets Moving Out of Sync, Rate Cut Expectations Recede, Noise And Volatility To Continue
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Actis Backs Solar Platform Argo Energy In First South Korean Energy Investment
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has completed its investment into Argo Energy, a South Korean renewable energy platform focused on the development of small utility scale and rooftop solar.
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China: bottom-up opportunity as the macro picture slowly improves
While the top-down story has challenges, the notion that China is ‘uninvestable’ is in our view misinformed. We believe company-specific opportunities can be found by looking at trade, value for money and capital return.
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Actis Backed Nozomi Energy Significantly Expands Solar Portfolio To Reach 100MW Milestone
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has announced that its Japan-focused renewables platform, Nozomi Energy, has reached an operational project portfolio of 100MW within just 10 months of operation. The portfolio company reached this milestone in renewable generation capacity following a series of acquisitions, including a 70MW solar project in Tochigi and another solar project in Chiba.
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India: The structural growth story and the long-term investment opportunity
India’s equity markets are being driven by fundamentals in the form of robust economic expansion which is leading to strong earnings growth. India is also, helpfully, in the draft of favorable geopolitical tailwinds. In this paper, we make the case for India—not as the potential new China or as potentially one of the best-performing equity markets of 2024—but for its own long-term structural growth prospects. We also explain why an active approach is needed to get the best out of India, to capture quality, navigate the challenges, and manage macro variables like inflation, interest rates and global economic growth.
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Bouwinvest invests USD 75 million in serviced residences and co-living concepts in Asia Pacific
The Bouwinvest Asia Pacific Mandate has invested USD 75 million in the CapitaLand Ascott Residence Asia Fund II (CLARA II), a private fund managed by CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI). The investment strategy focuses on furnished serviced accommodation and co-living concepts in gateway cities within developed markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and Hong Kong.
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Powerhouses of growth in South-East Asia
As we look into 2024, we like countries and sectors with dominance in either local macro strength or global exports. We already discussed India in our previous insight. Our two other country overweights are Indonesia and the Philippines. We outline the reasons why in the latest instalment of our outlook series on Asia equities.
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Asian IT: the global AI enabler
The information-technology sector in Asia is entering a very exciting stage. Profound disruptive change powered by generative artificial intelligence could reshape the world in the next 10 years, and Asian IT is the enabler. Technology hardware is our main pick among sectors in 2024 and the topic of the second in our four-part series on Asian equities.
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Pro-Invest Group Recipient Of Aareal Bank’s Largest Green Hotel Portfolio Loan In Asia-Pacific
Pro-invest Group a leading private equity real estate asset manager and investment firm and Aareal Bank AG, a leading international property specialist in the global real estate banking market, today announced a significant milestone in their commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.
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Asia Pacific Market Perspective - Q4 2023
New Year, Familiar Themes - Rate Cuts Expected, but Opinions on Speed and Magnitude are Wide
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Why Asia Matters
CIO designate Sean Taylor gives his take on what Asia has to offer global and emerging markets investors, from growth, to diversification, to innovation.
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China Numbers that Count
Andy Rothman reviews data points that offer insights into the coming quarters.
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The unpersuadables?
In his latest article on corporate governance in South Korea, Jonathan Pines, Lead Portfolio Manager, Asia ex-Japan Equity, looks at how to solve the ‘Korea discount’ and why copying Japan’s approach won’t necessarily work.
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Asia ex-Japan Equity: Letter to Investors
In our latest Letter to Investors, Jonathan Pines, Lead Portfolio Manager, Asia ex-Japan Equity, looks at the remarkably attractive valuations on offer at the present time, and the implications for long-term investors.
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Mag 7’s Asian Silicon Dragon
Taiwan’s significant growth in the technology sector solidifies its role as a key player in many global supply chains.
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Still bearish on China? As Beijing takes action, watch the data to see if it’s working
Recent data has painted a bleak picture of China’s economy. As 2024 unfolds, there are signals that Beijing is finally stepping up to the plate with a solid raft of measures designed to improve consumer and business confidence. For investors trying to gauge whether these moves are effective, here are the indicators to keep an eye on.
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Crowded out – Asian species feel the heat
Asia is rich in biodiversity but the risk of nature degradation is high due to rapid urbanisation, agricultural expansion and over-fishing. Sonya Likhtman explores the risks facing the region and the implications for engagement with companies in Asia.
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China’s pivot: steering through turbulence to sustainability
”The goal of Chinese policymakers is to manage the economic transition; this suggests deleveraging has become the new priority over the old growth-centric approach.”