Part of Fleming Asset Management uv Managing Pension Assets Worldw ide • Alice Ho, Investment Director Global Portfolios Group - Hong Kong • 22 September 2000 • Investment Approach • Operations & Administration
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Managing Pension Assets
Worldwide
• Alice Ho, Investment Director
Global Portfolios Group - Hong Kong
• 22 September 2000
• Investment Approach• Operations & Administration
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Managing Pens ion Assets WorldwideRecent Trends
• Deregulation, privatisation, reform and enhanced coverage will continue
• Pension Fund assets - larger in size and more specialisation
• Accountability and responsibility - formal channels for evaluation
• Unique pension needs / characteristics - different risk / return profiles
• Performance measurement - set standards / customised benchmarks
• Search for quality investment services - clear & lucid investment philos0phy
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Preserving and Growing Real Value of Assets
• After 25 years, the value of $100 today is only worth $29.53 then.
• The law of diminishing return.
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, Equities Bonds and Inflation
• Equities are the best hedge against inflation ...... hence long-term preference
Source: CSFB UK Equity-Gilt Study - January 1999
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Bonds
Retail Prices
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–Managing Government Assets Key Building Blocks
• – Looking at his tory as a reference long term
/ - 1970 1999Risk Return Profile Se lected Asse ts From January to December
* Local Currency
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Estimated Value of Pens ion Fund Assets( )US$bn
• Pension assets in major markets increased by more than 50% from 1993 to 1998
• The U.S. institutional market remains the largest in the world at about 57% of total
Source: Watson Wyatt
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United States 47 66Japan 45 55Netherlands 25 39Germany 4 13Switzerland 16 18Canada 46 52Ireland 62 64Australia 51 53UK 72 70Hong Kong 70 62
1993 (%)End of
• Equity proportion is growing rapidly
• Seems to be capped around 70% in mature markets
1998 (%)End of
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Equitie s as a Proportion of Institutional Pension Fund Assets
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Hong Kong 44 45
Netherlands 16 23
Canada 15 16
Japan 8 19
United States 5 11
Germany 1 6
1993 (%)End of
• Growing willingness to invest in foreign assets
• Growth has typically been constrained by local governments who are now liberalising
1998 (%)End of
Source: Watson Wyatt
Fore ign Equities as a Proportion of Total Equitie s
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Pension Fund Assets Assets Managed by External Managers
• Increasing propensity to outsource to external specialists
1998End of
Source: Watson Wyatt
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Source: Watson Wyatt
Small Scale Large Scale
Level of Internal Resources in Pens ion Investment Matters
• The needs to outsource to external specialists has much to do with the
degree/level of internal resources in pension investment.
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Source: Watson Wyatt
Small Scale Large Scale
* Green area represents global consultants influence, and yellow relates to domestic consultant sway.
Extent of Influence Exercised by *Investment Consultants
• The lower the level of internal resources in pension investment the
higher the extent of influence exercised by global consultants.
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1998% of Asse ts
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- Self Adminis tered Occupational Funds Using a Defined Contribution Arrangement
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–Managing Pens ion Assets Investment Manager Structure
• Single manager
• Multiple managers–Specialists
–Generalists style risk profile investment approach
–Mixed internal / external specialist / generalist
• ’ Unders tanding the client s needs
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Managing Pens ion AssetsFactors to Consider
• Setting long term strategic policy
Objectives GrowthMeet pension liabilities
Time Horizon Long (how long)
Unique Needs Regulatory requirementsDistribution / cash needsTax considerations
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Setting Investment Guidelines and Benchmark Indices
Managing Pens ion Assets
• Agreeing on performance measurement yardsticks
• Defining risk tolerance in qualitative and quantitative terms whenever possible
• Use a clear and easy-to-follow format on investment guidelines and restrictions
• Setting review schedules
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Fleming Asset Management WorldwideGlobal Reach
• Global reach
The Americas
New York 16
Rio de Janeiro 10
, Europe Africa and the Middle East
London 96
Moscow 2
Prague 3
Cairo 5
Cape Town/ Johannesburg 7
Gaborone 1
Harare 2
Asia Pacific
Tokyo 14
Taipei 18
Hong Kong 21
Mumbai 2
Bangkok 4
Singapore 3
Melbourne 5
209 investment professionals
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Fleming Asset Management
Fleming Asset Management
European Assets
London
Global Assets
London
Asian Assets
Hong Kong
US Assets
New York
Japanese Assets
Tokyo
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• Need to have investment professionals in local markets to understand local issues and be close to companies
• Choosing the best stocks is the best way of adding value in the long term
• Need to view the forces acting on stocks and markets in a global context
- Adding Value The Chase FlemingApproach
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The Global Portfolios Group
15%
21%17%
47%Investment TrustsGlobal SegregatedUnit TrustsPension Funds
• 194 clients in 12 countries, 159 benchmarks
• $17 billion under management as at 30 June 2000
• $11 billion managed via integrated global approach
• ’ Product range tailored to clients specific objectives
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Global Portfolios Group
• One team managing all global portfolios
London
15 InvestmentProfessionals
Hong Kong
6 InvestmentProfessionals
Tokyo
3 InvestmentProfessionals
Global Portfolios Group
17 US$ bn undermanagement
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Global Portfolios GroupTeam Members
Inves tment Profes s ionals Primary Respons ibilities Years Industry ExperiencePeter Harrison Head of Desk; Chair, Portfolio Review Group 12Howard Williams Chair, Model Portfolio Group 18James Fisher EAFE Mandates 15Ian Henderson Specialist Global Sector Funds 23Jonathan Lowe** HK Pension Fund Mandates 18David Atkinson* Kokusai Mandates / Chairman Sector and Themes 13 Sandeep Bhargava Fund Manager / Analyst 6Peter Warnes** Fund Manager / Analyst 11Simon O’Sullivan Fund Manager / Analyst 6Shoichi Mizusawa* Fund Manager / Analyst 3Tai Nakagawa* Fund Manager / Analyst 10Hugo Alexander Fund Manager / Analyst 3Che Chow Fund Manager / Analyst 6Edward Walker Analyst 3Tanya Clarke Analyst 2Roger Bacon Analyst 7Shane Duffy Analyst 1Tom Murray Analyst 4Anna Yeung** Implementation 2John Felicite Implementation 7Rob Lay Global Product Manager 11Alice Ho** Investment Director / Client Service Director 14Betty Au** Client Service 14Kwenny Sung** Client Service 7Gayda Humphries New Business Service Support 6
*based in Tokyo ** Based in Hong Kong
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Global Portfolios GroupInvestment Process – Highlights
• Process designed to satisfy most rigorous institutional clients
• Stock selection is key source of added value
• Use best ideas from the regional specialist teams
• Construct portfolios globally not as regional ‘silos’
• Use global sector analysts and quantitative techniques to ensure optional global industry exposures
• Clear focus on risk control and consistent incremental outperformance
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’ GPG s Investment ProcessThe coming together of key inputs
• ’ All clients funds cons is tent with model portfolio
TailorMade Client Portfolio
Model Portfolios
Stock
Ranking
Global S
ector
Research
Sector&
Them
es
Group
Asset
Allocation
Com
mittee
Model Portfolio Group/ Optimisation
MSCIEAFEModel
MSCIWorldModel
MSCIKokusaiModel
HongKongModel
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OurResearch Process
• , A clean disciplined and sys tematic process to asses growth and quality
Macroeconomic factors
Themes
Sectorial implications
Value
EPS Revisions
Price momentum
Business characteristics
Financial characteristics
Management factors
Stocks ranked 1-5 (strong buy - strong sell)
Quantitative
Thematic
Fundamental
Research
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Global Portfolios GroupDefining Characteristics
• Our portfolios own stocks which have the following characteristics
–improving returns
–inherent volume growth
–good business model
–improving ROE/ROC
–attractive valuations
• Process and philosophy aligned
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’ GPG s Research FunctionGlobal Sector Research
Global Sector Research
Regional analysts(stock rankings)
Model Portfolio Group
Basic Industries
Technology / Telecoms
Financials
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
• Global industry comparisons: not primary research
• Global valuation comparisons - best in industry globally
Research
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Thematic Research
• Provides macro-economic input needed
• Key investment themes identified and their implications for each market sector analysed
• Current themes include
–digitalisation
–disintermediation
–globalisation
–intermediary pricing environment
• - To ensure cons is tency with long term economic and strategic views
Themes
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- Asset Allocation Inputs
Global
Regional
Value
Quality
Momentum
Fund flows
Valuation
Earnings revisions
Economic forecast & revisions
Politics/sentiment
Asset classrankings
aggressively overweight - aggressively underweight
Fundamental
Thematic
Quantitative
Asse tAllocation
• Based on rate of change analysis
• Identify major turning points in markets: not short-term tactical
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- Asset Allocation Information Flows
Output from quant mode l (monthly )
Asset AllocationTeam
Regional Specialists
Global Group and Distribution Businesses
QuantTeam
Fixed Income &Currency Team
Me dium te rm bond and curre ncy fore cas ts
(quarte rly )
Economic Analys is Inte rpre tation of e conomic inputs and fundame ntal driv e rs (quarte rly )
Marke t update s (monthly )
Asse t pre fe re nce s matrix
Re g ional analys is /minute s
“House Vie w” pre se ntation
The matic v ie ws
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PortfolioConstruction
AssetAllocation
SectorAnalysis
SecuritySelection
RiskControl
Global Portfolios GroupInvestment Process - The Key Steps
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Portfolio Construction ProcessLevels of Risk
1. Economic and financial risk
Real risk lies in the companies we own
• Investment process delivers— rigorously researched
stock ideas — global thematics— stock screening model
2. Benchmark risk( )portfolio
Statistical controls— tracking error
i. disaggregated (stock country, style, industry)
ii. stabilityiii.regional covariances— scenario testing— downside risk— assessment— external threats
• Minimum number of stocks
3. ( )Benchmark risk s tocks
Active money controls— country — sector— stock
• Three leve ls of risk control
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Risk Control
• Take stock rankings and build initial optimal portfolio
• Optimal portfolio characteristics:
–stock risk s70%
–country risk c15%
–sector risk s10%
–style risk s10%
• Main sanity checks:
–consistency with regional desk portfolios
–consistency with Sector & Themes output
–risk profile
• Control of risk key to achieving objectives
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• Investment Directors monitor day-to-day decisions of portfolio managers
• Front office software system- tracks holdings and weightings of
portfolios- on-line access to portfolios and dealers
• Accounts and Settlements Department monitor activities within a portfolio. e.g.- share transaction reports- valuations etc.
• External custodian- all trades details are sent to external
custodian for settlement and reconciliation purposes
• Compliance Department monitors adherence to investment guidelines, internal policies, external regulations, etc.
• All deals centralised through separate dealers
• Internal audit performs independent reviews of systems and controls
Transaction Monitoring Sys tems
( ( 400))UNIX AS
CentralDealing
InternalCompliance
Front Office Software System
( )OSIRIS Internal Audit
MonitoringAnd
Control of Portfolio
InvestmentDirectors
• Clear accountability
Portfolio ManagementMonitoring and Control
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Risk Management &Middle Office IM Business Information Process Flow
: NOVA is not an IM system.
Note: The diagram above depicts the major systems and data feeds involved in the IM business information flow; it does not cover all detailed data transmission between systems.
Confirmed Trades
PortfolioHoldings Stock
InfoTrades Info
Fund Info
Front OfficeProces s
Back OfficeProces s
OSIRIS
Decis ion Support
• view portfolio holdings• view transaction history• view cash movement• view bank balance• other queries• generate orders
Fund Manager
OES
Dealer
Execute Orders
• acknowledge orders• release orders• execute/allocate
orders• close orders• cancel orders• VWAP
MonitorOrders
• monitor progressof order process
• create orders
Report
Generate Reports
• mgmt reports• compliance reports• trade reports
JAFFA
• fund valuation
• stock master• broker master• settlement• others
Back office Tripwire
Front office Tripwire
Order
Potential AdvertentBreach
AcceptedOrder
Market Breach Report
*NOVA
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Summary
• Global organisation with local regional expertise
–breadth of expertise
–depth of investment resources
• Team approach to investment management rather than ‘star’ system
–consistent application of investment disciplines and method
• All clients receive our very best investment ideas and performance
–elimination of manager specific risk
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Client Services
• Monthly valuation reports
• Quarterly portfolios review reports
• Quarterly meetings
• Special market reports
• Ad hoc reports / meetings
• Full documentation tailored to clients’ requirements
• Performance analysis