Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Insurance issues its largest ever batch of global equity mandates, which will boost its overseas equity investments by almost a third.
The move marks the institution's first Hong Kong dollar bond portfolio and the first time it has hired MFC Global Investment Management.
Three $200 million mandates are up for grabs. The portfolios will be benchmarked to the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate index.
A letter to the editor from David Webb criticises the endowment approach underlying Hong Kong’s efforts to finance a new development project.
Hong Kong’s new $2.8 billion endowment seeks outside expertise on how to pick fund managers.
The bank beat State Street and JPMorgan Chase for the $1 billion mandate.
GSIS says the investment mandate could be spread to up to three international fund managers; winner/s to be named by the second week of October.
The second Asian Bond Fund will invest in local currencies and involve active and passive managers.
Are institutional investors really in it for the long term? Mercer isn''t so sure.
The London based hedge fund has been put in charge of the Formosa Growth Fund.
The consultancy is charged with designing a private pension scheme.
The Public Service Pension Fund will announce ground rules for fund managers next month.
Yes, Guam. But the little Pacific island has some money to spread around.
Korea''s largest pension fund moves closer to outsourcing international mandates.
But will it win another mandate for selecting offshore fund managers?
Insular Life has awarded ING Investment Management a global equities mandate; a fund of funds mandate could follow.
National pension scheme outsources funds to a foreign manager for the first time.
Hong Kong’s bureaucrats ponder the future of their own pensions.
Citibank has won new custodial business in Malaysia, amid growth of more than 80% in the past 20 months.