Inflows ensure Asia pension fund AUM outpace peers

Sep 5, 2017

Asian sovereign and public sector pension funds beat their Western peers in 2016 in AUM terms but their annualised five-year returns still lag due to lower allocations into alternatives.

Inflows ensure Asia pension fund AUM outpace peers

Pension fund assets under management grew at a faster rate last year in Asia than in the West thanks to massive inflows and strong equity gains, but the region’s investment returns were lower due to their relative aversion to alternative assets.

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