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AP REIT Long Term Performance
Since its founding in 2001, Asia Pacific REITs have grown into a mature investment sector with over USD 250 billion in market capitalization. In this paper, we review the investment merits of Asia Pacific REITs by looking at its long term performance record... view...
Asia-Pacific REITs no longer niche
The Asia-Pacific real estate investment trust (REIT) sector has outgrown its niche status and now deserves consideration as a stand-alone allocation, according to Hong Kong-based Admiral Investment. 18 Dec 2014 By Wouter Klijnview article...
Risk aversion is a source of alpha
First Degree founder and chief investment officer Stephen Fisher runs a fixed income global macro fund and so naturally has been anxiously trying to figure out how Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to hold a snap election affects security prices, right? 18...
Australian investors set to win with Indonesian energy and infrastructure
John Donovan explores some of the trends that are making Indonesia one of the most exciting investment opportunities around. view article...
AFM signs up global equities manager
Institutional investment advisory firm AFM Investment Partners has signed up United States-based global equities manager Ranger International and will help to distribute the firm’s income-focused equity strategy in Australia. By Wouter Klijn - theinstoreport.com.au...
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Bringing Indonesian pensions to Australia
After the first-ever delegation to Australia by the Indonesian Pension Fund Association, the organizer of the trip, John Donovan, said he hoped some of the big Indonesian funds would become co-investors in the region alongside Australian funds. Donovan, the managing...
A sleeping economic giant on Australia’s doorstep
Indonesia's economic and geopolitical clout is on the rise. After the fall of long-ruling autocrat Suharto in 1998 and the devastation of the Asian Economic Crisis that same year, the country has since emerged as the world's third-largest democracy and burgeoning...
Why Australia should bank on Indonesia’s super opportunity
Indonesia’s booming economy provides Australian banks and investment houses with a host of financial opportunities, particularly in its nascent pension system. Its retirement savings sector is set for rapid growth, which currently covers only 5 per cent of its...
A super opportunity in Indonesia
Like most nations, the rising giant of south-east Asia, Indonesia, needs to develop and upgrade its infrastructure. With 253 million people and growing following close to a decade of economic expansion averaging 6 per cent a year, Indonesia is on a steady path toward...