Kleinwort Benson Investors pioneer environmental equity investing
Sean Hawkshaw, CEO, Kleinwort Benson Investors
In 2004, Kleinwort Benson Investors moved away from being a traditional balanced fund manager into more specialist areas. They were one of the first fund managers to recognise the value of environmental investing in areas such as water, alternative energy, climate change and agriculture. Sean Hawkshaw explains how, after a slow start, this strategy has grown into a great success, and how Kleinwort Benson Investors are now focusing on emerging markets “with a different twist.”
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Rohit Walia, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Alpen Capital
Strategic investors are lining up to back a wave of infrastructure projects across the GCC, and the IMF cites strong external balances and rising oil prices in what it terms a “positive short-to-medium term economic outlook” for the region. Rohit Walia discusses what differentiates Alpen Capital in this overbanked market, its focus on the GCC-India business corridor, and its involvement in one of the largest transactions the UAE has seen.
January 14, 2013 Category: Investment
Datin Maznah Mahbob, CEO, Funds Management Division, a member of the AmBank Group
AmInvestment Bank is a global asset management house, delivering conventional and Islamic funds. Since its inception 30 years ago the Funds Management Division has grown its funds from $100m to $10bn, and today the company dominates in the fixed income segment. Datin Maznah Mahbob explains how the company’s expertise was honed by the Asian financial crisis, its obsession with risk management, and moving into global sukuk.
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Dr Hing Tang, Managing Director, BOCI-Prudential Asset Management
What makes a good asset manager? Dr Hing Tang explains the four key areas that have made BOCI-Prudential Asset Management a market leader: good corporate governance, a robust investment process, product innovation, and sensible partnerships. He also discusses investors’ attraction to China, the steadily expanding ‘dim sum’ bond market, and considers some of the traditional investment strategies that are no longer relevant in today’s volatile markets.
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