<em>AsianInvestor</em> breaks for Mid-Autumn Festival | From the Editor

Sep 24, 2018

The daily newsletter is not running on September 25, as it is a holiday in Hong Kong. We will be back on September 26.

Wishing our readers a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Tokio Marine appoints new CEO for Asia region; Ben Rudd made CEO of Prudential Wealth Management; HKEX hires from Prudential; Samsung SRA appoints former KIC infra head as CEO; HSBC Asset Management appoints senior vice president; Morningstar names head of manager research for Europe and Asia; PGIM adds ESG lead for Europe and Asia; Apex Group adds Singapore managing director; and more.

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Asia continues to lag other regions for integrating ESG principles with investing; better data and stronger regulatory requirements will help institutional investors, market observers say.

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Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on economies, more than $1 trillion flowed into ETFs globally in 2021, with a growing number of investors looking to invest in thematic varieties.

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Companies in major indices across developed markets will be expected to issue climate-related disclosures and have a third of their boards comprise women by 2023.

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The chair of China Life Insurance is under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and law"; Korea's National Pension Service was found to have been passive with efforts to mitigate climate change; Singapore's NTUC Income plans to spin off insurance business to new company; Temasek leads $300 million funding round alongside Qatar's SWF for Carsome Group; and more.

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Digital asset regulation is an ever-evolving area, but there are clues that give away the direction that regulators are taking.

Asset Owners

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China Life names Yuan Changqing as acting chairman; Future Super hires operations chief; China Life Franklin Asset Management CIO and deputy CEO leave; Willis Towers Watson has hired Kameswara Natakusumah as head of Indonesia; Prudential hires ex-Apac CEO for Allianz George David Sartorel as a non-executive director; Manulife IM hires into multi-asset solutions team in Asia; PineBridge Investments hires from BNY Mellon IM; and more.

Asset Owners

Jan 5, 2022

Twinkle Zhou

The $200 billion pension fund is balancing exposure to the surging Taiwan stock market with further steps towards ESG integration.

Fund Managers

Jan 12, 2022

Shusi He

The city’s role as a regional financial hub is further at risk in the latest move to ban international arrivals from several G7 economies.

Asset Owners

Jan 10, 2022

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Super funds now acknowledge without question that ESG factors are critical to investment decisions.

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Cathay Financial Holdings anticipates that interest rate increases will help boost profits in the coming year; Korea's National Pension Service meets protest from the business community after move to enlarge stewardship role; MAS bans crypto advertising to the general public; Japan's GPIF appoints managers for fund of funds mandate; GIC returns for Checkout.com's Series D funding; and more

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Despite Evergrande's woes, Allianz is still bullish on Chinese property and infrastructure, although it has slowed down its investment process.

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