Private pension firms find Asia a draw, with risks
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Insurers and fund managers are set to cash in on Asia&#39;s private pension industry, which is expected to grow nearly four-fold in 10 years as the world&#39;s most populous region grows older.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Asian investors have been slow to put their money into &quot;companies with a conscience&quot;, but international fund managers say it&#39;s only time before
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Looser regulation abroad poses risks to American investors while leaving U.S. stock markets at a new competitive disadvantage.
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China now leads the world in the number of publicly traded companies with market values of more than $200 billion, but this is not necessarily good news for investors.
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A low P/S ratio can point to undervalued companies.
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Investment funds controlled by foreign governments could trigger a protectionist backlash, a report warns.
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Private equity firms are setting records in the size of Asian buyout funds, adding to an existing pool of more than $35 billion that is waiting to be invested in deals in the region.
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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE  - Asian financial markets were roiled on Wednesday by the widening damage caused by the U.S. subprime mortgage sector meltdown, with investors fearing more negative surprises will emerge in the region.
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Foreign firms are lining up to invest in China. But Beijing seems increasingly loath to let them in
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Fears about the possibility of a recession in the US economy send Asian shares falling.
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The ups and downs in the stock market are among the mildest experienced for more than a century, and that is provoking anxiety in some investment advisers.
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Distributing a lavish dividend may not best serve shareholders.
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As private equity firms and hedge funds line up to go public, their traditional investors are worried that new distractions might make it harder to continue delivering stellar returns.
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Hedge funds, once the last word in aggressive speculation, have become more timid as pensions and other more risk-averse investors have increasingly placed money with the funds.
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The nation's biggest financial firms, battered by huge losses in their mortgage businesses, are relying on an enigmatic source for cash: foreign governments in the Middle East and Asia.
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NEW YORK - The corporate pension crisis seems to be going from bad to worse. First, companies struggled to come up with the money to cover their benefit obligations, and now they want to ditch their plans altogether.
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Nowhere are the conflicts of interest for financial services conglomerates more potentially lucrative - and more obscure - than in the management of pension assets.