AsianInvestor

Moves

5 hours ago

Staff Writers

Aberdeen Standard names new Japan chief; Franklin Templeton names Singapore head; JP Morgan AM appoints Asia insurance head; Eastspring adds institutional director; Mercer gets new HK CEO; RBC Wealth hires Asia head; Goldentree opens new Japan office and more.

Asset Owners

1 day ago

The Editors

AsianInvestor reveals the winners of our final set of our awards, which recognise asset owners that stand as market leaders in particular parts of their investment processes.

Asset Owners

1 day ago

Jolie Ho

A university endowment and family assets manager speaking at AsianInvestor’s sixth Institutional Investment Forum China explain how they aim to deliver yields of 8% or more.

Alternatives

23 hours ago

Danny Leung

The sovereign wealth fund's sale of a Malaysian hospital to another of its portfolio companies marks the latest in an ongoing set of healthcare asset divestments.

Alternatives

23 hours ago

Danny Leung

The sovereign wealth fund's sale of a Malaysian hospital to another of its portfolio companies marks the latest in an ongoing set of healthcare asset divestments.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

The Editors

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.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

Jaycee Man

As global uncertainties continue to brew, at AsianInvestor’s sixth Institutional Investment Forum China, CIC and CPIC reveal the biggest challenges they face.

Alternatives

2 days ago

Richard Morrow

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.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

The Editors

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.

Asset Owners

3 days ago

Hans Poulsen

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.

Asset Owners

3 days ago

Richard Newell

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.

Partner Content

Partner Content

2 days ago

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.

Partner Content

Aug 22, 2019

PineBridge Investments

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.

Partner Content

Aug 15, 2019

HSBC Global Asset Management

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.

Partner Content

Jul 29, 2019

State Street Global Advisors

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.

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

Jul 17, 2019

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.

Event Highlights

4 days ago

Where geopolitics and low rates collide

Event Highlights

4 days ago

Finding alpha in an overcrowded world

Event Highlights

4 days ago

Identifying the industries of the future

Galleries

Event Highlights

May 31, 2019

Staff Writers

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

Event Highlights

Apr 30, 2019

The Editors

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.

Event Highlights

Mar 28, 2019

The Editors

Leading lights from the world of insurance gathered for AsianInvestor's 6th annual conference in Hong Kong and its inaugural event in Singapore.

Event Highlights

Dec 13, 2018

The Editors

The best of Asia's institutional investors gathered in Singapore on December 5 for our annual awards for asset owners.

Magazine

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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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