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Fund Managers

1 day ago

Staff Writers

Eastspring Investments hires former Pinebridge executive Joyce Chan for intermediaries coverage; senior portfolio managers at AllianzGI retires; Greystar appoints Akira Kosugi to build Tokyo team; Pimco's global CIO for asset allocation and real assets to retire; VP Bank scoops two private bankers; BlackRock fires global head of active equities.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

Richard Newell

The Hong Kong government has set a major challenge for fund administrators, trustees and fintech firms to develop a much cheaper and easier platform for the territory's pension savers.

Fund Managers

2 days ago

Hans Poulsen

The pension fund’s ground-breaking research on artificial intelligence for portfolio management stems from frustration, its CIO tells AsianInvestor.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

The Editors

In our latest awards explainers, we reveal why New Zealand Super Fund was the top sovereign wealth fund, and AIA impressed as the leading life insurer.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

The Editors

In our latest awards explainers, we reveal why New Zealand Super Fund was the top sovereign wealth fund, and AIA impressed as the leading life insurer.

Asset Owners

4 days ago

Jaycee Man

Instead of using an iron fist approach to incorporate ESG principles, Cathay Financial’s CIO shows how it can be done through both internal and external engagement.

Fund Managers

4 days ago

Jolie Ho

Some global asset managers in the city are reluctant to hire local fresh graduates at a time when expats are thinking about relocation thanks to the social unrest.

Asset Owners

3 days ago

The Editors

AsianInvestor discusses why the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and UniSuper won in their respective award categories of Reserves Management Institution and Pension Fund.

Fund Managers

Dec 6, 2019

Joe Marsh

Aberdeen Standard's equity investing process in Asia is changing as it ups its China exposure and the team sees high turnover, raising questions for allocators, Morningstar says.

Fund Managers

Dec 9, 2019

Jolie Ho

Facing a low-yield environment and uncertain geopolitical tensions, are US high-yield bonds the right investment tool to look at?

Asset Owners

Dec 9, 2019

The Editors

AsianInvestor reveals the reasons behind Government Pension Investment Fund and GIC winning their respective market category awards this year.

Partner Content

Partner Content

Nov 24, 2019

PineBridge Investments

What will be the dominant market drivers in the global economy next year? Markus Schomer, chief economist of PineBridge Investments, sees a three-way toss-up between macro, policy, and politics.

Partner Content

Nov 21, 2019

State Street Global Advisors

As we enter the final two months of 2019, State Street Global Advisors thought it would be helpful to evaluate what has been an eventful year so far and its impact on the bond markets.

Partner Content

Oct 10, 2019

State Street Global Advisors

Many institutional investors are seriously considering adding fixed income ETFs to their portfolios. Here in our second instalment we continue to dispel some myths about the investment vehicle.

Partner Content

Sep 17, 2019

Axioma

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.

In-depth

Partner Content

Apr 2, 2019

Richard Morrow

Despite economic anxiety, it’s possible to identify pockets of outperformance, said Jupiter Asset Management’s multi-asset head.

Asset Owners

Mar 22, 2019

Richard Newell

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.

Asset Owners

Mar 20, 2019

Jolie Ho

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.

Alternatives

Mar 19, 2019

Hans Poulsen

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

Event Highlights

3 days ago

Long-term returns in a negative-yield environment

Event Highlights

3 days ago

Long-term returns in a negative-yield environment

Galleries

Event Highlights

Oct 23, 2019

The Editors

Asset owners and domestic asset managers met in Bangkok on October 10 to discuss the future of overseas investment among Thai institutions.

Event Highlights

Oct 23, 2019

The Editors

Chinese asset owners and domestic managers gathered on September 18 in Beijing to discuss overseas investments in turbulent times.

Event Highlights

Jul 3, 2019

Institutional investors meet in Tokyo to discuss investing in a new era

Event Highlights

May 31, 2019

Staff Writers

Asset owners from around the region convened in Hong Kong in May to discuss future investment strategies.

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Event Highlights

Asset Owners

Mar 20, 2019

Jisu Song

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.

Asset Owners

Mar 19, 2019

Jaycee Man

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.

Asset Owners

Mar 15, 2019

Jaycee Man

Asia Capital Re and IndiaFirst Life Insurance also join in to discuss their biggest challenges, despite the growing demand for external specialist expertise.

Asset Owners

Mar 13, 2019

Jolie Ho

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

Webcasts

Apr 8, 2019

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.

Webcasts

Nov 8, 2018

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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ASIANINVESTOR BULLETINS

Schroders cuts to affect Asia; SSGA's Asia head of portfolio strategists exits; BNY Mellon IM Greater China insto head departs; Korean hedge fund closes HK office; Ping An AM CIO moves on; China Everbright CIO departs; M&G sets up Asia credit origination team; Aberdeen Standard HK/China marketing head to exit; and more.

Asset Owners

Dec 3, 2019

Joe Marsh

The $73 billion public pension fund continues its steady buildout in Singapore by poaching an executive from private equity giant Blackstone.

Fund Managers

1 day ago

Staff Writers

Asset Owners

Dec 5, 2019

Joe Marsh

Investment heads at insurance firms such as AIG and Pool Re discuss the benefits of outsourcing portfolios and what they look for from asset managers.

Moves

Nov 29, 2019

Staff Writers

Ex-Capitaland IM chief joins Oaktree; Fidelity hires ex-BlackRock ESG specialist; Janus Henderson hires institutional sales; State Street adds sector solutions head; Old Mutual replaces departed head of HNW sales; Andy Chai exits BNP Paribas; HSBC Private Banking shuffles Asia management; and more.

Event Highlights

Dec 6, 2019

Jaycee Man

In the aftermath of revelations about the co-working firm's poor governance, family office executives reflect on how private investments in disruptive companies should be made.

Fund Managers

Dec 6, 2019

Joe Marsh

Aberdeen Standard's equity investing process in Asia is changing as it ups its China exposure and the team sees high turnover, raising questions for allocators, Morningstar says.

Fund Managers

4 days ago

Jolie Ho

Some global asset managers in the city are reluctant to hire local fresh graduates at a time when expats are thinking about relocation thanks to the social unrest.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

Richard Newell

The Hong Kong government has set a major challenge for fund administrators, trustees and fintech firms to develop a much cheaper and easier platform for the territory's pension savers.

Asset Owners

Nov 29, 2019

Joe Marsh

The Dutch pension fund giant provided exclusive detail to AsianInvestor about its plans and expectations for the new portfolio, to be run with the help of local partner E Fund.