Asset owner news roundup, Aug 21

A decade after the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a global financial crisis, we asked asset owners and advisers how they see financial markets now.

Asian pensions' assets surge; Local Government Super awards ESG bond mandate; FWD buys HSBC's stake in Malaysia JV; Korea Post looks to build infra, hedge fund assets; Life Insurance Corp of India mulls purchase of IDBI and more.

Australian superannuation funds geared heavily towards equities; GIC picks up 49% stake in Indian property developer; GPIF more than doubles its ownership of foreign shares and more.

Queensland Investment Corporation aims to use Bond Connect; Japan's Dai-Ichi Life buys Suncorp's insurance arm; National Pension Service of Korea set to buy Goldman Sachs' Europe headquarters and more.