Insto roundup: Aussie supers add foreign shares; NPS's staff exodus

The second-biggest insurer in Thailand has developed an in-house artificial intelligence project for the investment risk team to help identify alpha in the local equities market.

The risk of climate change has led some of Asia Pacific's most sophisticated investors to seek to adapt their portfolios to better limit their exposure to vulnerable assets.

Coronavirus keeping fund managers and clients apart; AustralianSuper to raise offshore alternatives investing; China pension deficit expected to widen; global investors urge Tokyo to cut emissions; KDB faces deadline to sell life insurer unit; Malaysia eases private retirement scheme investing rules.

Asset owners will come under increasing scrutiny over how they factor ESG into their investment plans. They should get them in place now, and speak to peers over how to do so.