Insurers need to understand the nuanced relationship between private and public assets in portfolio construction, especially during times of crisis, the senior executive said at the Insurance Investment Briefing in Hong Kong.
Tag : portfolio construction
The changing macroeconomic landscape has altered investment outlooks. AsianInvestor asked asset managers whether investors need to alter their portfolio construction – and how they might do so.
Investing during macroeconomic uncertainty requires the ability to not only defend but also attack, according to the Malaysian federal pension fund’s CIO. A new transition plan is in place to help Kwap move faster to exploit the turmoil.
In partnership with AmInvest
AmInvest scooped AsianInvestor's Fund House of the Year Awards for Malaysia, reflecting its breadth and depth of experience and expertise across asset classes and strategies.
In partnership with Nuveen
Exclusive research from Nuveen reveals APAC asset owners are more likely to implement inflation mitigation changes in portfolio, through incorporating – or increasing – less liquid investments, than investors from other regions.
Limitations of traditional portfolio methods such as mean variance optimisation (MVO) and the 60-40 model drive new approaches at the sovereign wealth fund.
In partnership with IHS Markit
To get the clarity they want to make informed portfolio decisions, asset owners and managers must now blend and adapt multiple sources of traditional and non-traditional data to create actionable insights, said speakers at a webinar hosted by AsianInvestor and IHS Markit.
The research firm has hired a hedge-fund-of-funds analyst to lead its investment management teams across China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Private markets help complete portfolios by accessing exposure that is not available through publicly listed assets. Willis Towers Watson looks at how to implement such strategies.
Jayne Bok, CFA, head of sovereign advisory for Asia at Towers Watson, discusses the evolution of alternative investing by large Asian asset owners.
Naomi Denning, EMBA, ASIP, managing director of investment services for Asia Pacific at Towers Watson, discusses the general trend of Asian institutional funds in terms of overseas investment.
In partnership with Towers Watson
In this video, Towers Watson talks about why Asian institutional investors should move away from their domestic markets, and how they can invest internationally.