Data Centre: Korean instos look to riskier assets

Korea's asset owners have increasingly demonstrated themselves as being some of the more assertive institutional investors when it comes to their portfolios. How much so is noteworthy, once analysed.  A mixture of extremely low local interest rates and unpredictable local stock market returns have forced local investors to seek out a broader array of assets if they are to meet the needs of their rising number of retirees, or relatively generous insurance policies. Korea's leadin…