Asset Owners
As the only market of sufficient size, China will be called upon to support institutional investor needs for currency and credit diversification amid crises in the US and Europe.
The region's asset management industry will swell to $4 trillion by 2015 and eventually be the biggest in the world, finds Cerulli. ETFs are forecast to grow rapidly, notably ...
This is one conclusion of an investor survey carried out by Robeco and AsianInvestor in October, and it comes as a surprise to Henk Grootveld of Robeco.
The Bureau of Labor Insurance names MFS, BlackRock and Amundi to manage $200 million each. They were selected on the strength of their developed market expertise.
The $50 billion savings fund requests pitches in by October 31 to allocate a minimum of $30 million to a secondary private-equity fund.
It’s not surprising that Asian investors are focusing on absolute return and long-term macro themes given the present uncertainty, says Henk Grootveld of Robeco.
Three-star general Kim Jin-hoon takes charge of South Korea’s $7 billion Military Mutual Aid Association.
The SFC's new chief, Ashley Alder, moves to calm short-selling fears, but issues a reminder that it will shortly be introducing a short-position reporting regime to enhance ...
The city’s financial services secretary KC Chan sees inspiring greater public trust as key to ensuring the success of the MPF system, just like Australia’s ...
The KTPF, which this year was chosen by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance as the best-performing Korean pension fund, appoints education veteran Byun Chang-Yull as chairman ...
The pension fund is asking managers to pitch for three fixed income mandates – its first in over four years – predominantly to invest in global investment grade ...
Taiwan’s Bureau of Labour Insurance has narrowed its search for a $600 million mandate to eight fund houses, say sources. It will be its first mandate in nearly five years.
At a pensions forum in Hong Kong, Peter Smyth of MetLife and Ross Jones of Apra tackle one of the key challenges facing the industry today – how people go about saving ...
The US will remain in the economic doldrums, but Asia’s prospects are looking up, says contrarian investor Marc Faber.
Chinese firms that saved money and time by listing in the US via reverse-merger are now eager to exit after fraud claims. But re-listing nearer home is no gimme, warn restructur...