Institutional Excellence Awards 2019: Institutional winners
AsianInvestor announces the winners of its sixth Institutional Excellence Awards. Our second set of awards unveil the top asset owners in each major institutional investor category.
How CIC and CPIC are fighting market risks
As global uncertainties continue to brew, at AsianInvestor’s sixth Institutional Investment Forum China, CIC and CPIC reveal the biggest challenges they face.
Data Centre: Asset owners shift their attitude to alts
The second half survey of alternatives data provider Preqin reveals that investors are not very confident about the future, which could lead some to re-weigh their private asset allocations.
Institutional Excellence Awards 2019: Market winners
AsianInvestor is announcing the winners of its sixth Institutional Excellence Awards. We begin by unveiling the top asset owners in each major Asia Pacific market.
Institutional Excellence Awards 2019: Market winners
AsianInvestor is announcing the winners of its sixth Institutional Excellence Awards. We begin by unveiling the top asset owners in each major Asia Pacific market.
How Ping An spots VC tech investing opportunities
Its latest technology investment will boost the Chinese insurance group's auto insurance business. But, the VC fund head tells AsianInvestor, further gains are expected.
NZ Super takes active approach as volatility increases
The New Zealand-based sovereign investor has been able to produce a healthy return for the year, but only after reporting some unusually volatile monthly performance numbers.
FWD’s CIO hopes HK’s RBC rules find the right balance
In an exclusive interview with AsianInvestor, the CIO of FWD Group explains why new risk charges need to be reasonable if Hong Kong insurers are to fulfil their duties.
Is tail-risk hedging worth the trouble?
With potential extreme events seemingly everywhere, institutional investors are talking more about hedging against so-called tail risk. But should they bother?
Insto roundup: AustralianSuper, Future Fund mull private asset rises; GPIF’s new index benchmark system
AustralianSuper to more than double its private equity allocation; Korea's Mirae Asset set to acquire luxury hotel portfolio from Anbang of China; Japan's GPIF plans a new system for potential index benchmarks; Poba of Korea hires five funds for $250 million private debt mandate; Taiwan's financial regulator to raise capital cost of bond ETFs and more.
Why Asia’s investors worry about climate change and AI
A new research report argues that regional asset owners are emphasising the risks of climate change and artificial intelligence over potential opportunities.
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Time, trust and credit-risk exposure in a trade war
Adopting a credit-risk model based on issuer-specific curves and relevant cluster curves allows asset owners to capture changes in investor sentiment as they occur. This is especially important during turbulent periods such as we face now.
Asian bonds yield opportunities in a lower-for-much-longer world
The Asian bond market offers refuge with higher yields and stable return but investors need to navigate idiosyncratic risks and the impact of policy and politics.
Finding the value in Hong Kong dollar bonds
Geoffrey Lunt, senior product specialist for Asian fixed income at HSBC Global Asset Management, explains the role and benefits of Hong Kong dollar bonds, especially for domestic institutions.
Mid-Year Outlook: Policy Easing Supports Asian Bonds
Loosening monetary policy amongst Asia’s central banks should provide a good environment for the region’s debt markets. However, all this could change if the truce between the US and China expires.
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Fixed Income ETFs: Fact vs. Fiction (Part 1)
The growth of fixed income ETF instruments has been robust, so it’s of little surprise investors have concerns over the risks entailed. Here we dispel a few myths about the investment vehicle.
Emerging markets: Finding value beyond convergence with active management
Facing a world where generating returns could become more challenging, investors are increasingly eyeing new opportunities in emerging markets.
S&P DJI launches core ESG building blocks
Investors are now being empowered to integrate ESG factors into their core investments in markets around the world by using the new S&P ESG Index Series.
Looking good: China small caps grab investors’ attention
China’s smaller companies are conducting structural changes through innovation.
In-depth
Multi-asset strategies: Investing into uncertainty
Despite economic anxiety, it’s possible to identify pockets of outperformance, said Jupiter Asset Management’s multi-asset head.
NZ instos challenge social media firms after terror attacks
In what could be an important test-case for ESG generally, the cry has gone up in the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks for collective investor engagement of social media companies.
China’s insurers prepare for C-Ross phase II
Chinese insurers are seen shoring up their capital adequacy levels and turning more prudent with their investments as a result of looming new changes to their solvency regime.
Why NPS’s performance is an “advert” for alternatives
South Korea's public pension fund, the world’s third-largest, posted a negative return last year. But it's not the whole story; there's an alternative(s) angle.
Events
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Jul 17, 2019
3rd Institutional Investment Forum Thailand
More than 150 domestic asset owners, managers and middlemen will convene, to discuss with global fund managers the future of overseas investment in Thailand, and how they can effectively navigate through turbulent times.
3 days ago
11th Southeast Asia Institutional Investment Forum
Where geopolitics and low rates collide
3 days ago
Access to Alternatives Forum
Finding alpha in an overcrowded world
3 days ago
7th Southeast Asia Family Office Forum
Identifying the industries of the future
Galleries
Asian Investment Summit 2019
Asset owners from around the region convened in Hong Kong in May to discuss future investment strategies.
13th Institutional Investment Forum Korea
Leading Korean asset owners convened for AsianInvestor's 13th annual Institutional Investment Forum in Seoul on April 10 for insight on investing into an uncertain future.
Investment Insurance Forums 2019
Leading lights from the world of insurance gathered for AsianInvestor's 6th annual conference in Hong Kong and its inaugural event in Singapore.
Institutional Excellence Awards dinner 2018
The best of Asia's institutional investors gathered in Singapore on December 5 for our annual awards for asset owners.
Magazine
Event Highlights
China Pacific CIO urges slower ESG adoption
There's a potential social and economic price to be paid for ESG, delegates heard at an AsianInvestor event, which otherwise underlined growing interest in environment, social and governance principles.
How AIA, Axa seek to manage risk
Derivatives can help insurers manage credit and currency risks but more awareness and expertise is needed, delegates heard at our Insurance Investment Forum in Singapore.
AIA, Axa CIOs flag outsourcing challenges
Asia Capital Re and IndiaFirst Life Insurance also join in to discuss their biggest challenges, despite the growing demand for external specialist expertise.
HSBC Life, Axa CIOs outline top priorities
BNP Paribas Cardif and Prudential were also among the insurers who shed light on their investment focus as well as hiring plans at AsianInvestor’s Insurance Investment Forum.
Webinar
Apr 8, 2019
SOLVING THE DATA DILEMMA: Why are data management projects in Asia Pacific failing to deliver value?
Organizations in Asia Pacific are starting to spend more on cleaning up their data to maximize its value. Doing so is now critical as portfolios in the region are becoming more complex and diversified, which raises the risk of unintended exposures.
The data that organisations generate can offer unique intelligence to help them make better investment decisions. But it is only useful if it can be properly identified and managed within appropriate infrastructure. There are also costs associated with data management, so decisions need to be made over its storage and control.
Nov 8, 2018
Asia’s incoming liquidity rules: what you need to know
Liquidity is generally absent when you need it most. And with liquidity risk becoming a bigger issue in bond markets, in particular since the 2008 crisis, institutional investors in the Asia-Pacific region believe lower market liquidity is a secular shift necessitating a new investment approach.
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