Insto roundup: Future Fund selling private equity; AIA poaches new CEO from Ping An

Asset Owners

Jolie Ho

Nov 25, 2019

Australia's Future Fund trims private equity assets; AIA hires new CEO from Ping An; Indonesia's government not to bail out cash-strapped life insurer; Korea's NPS and Malaysia's EPF ally to build insights on social security safety nets; 24 Korean instos commit $1.2 billion to AMP Capital infrastructure debt fund; Temasek to add US assets, and more.

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Future Fund, Australia's sovereign wealth fund, is in the midst of selling off a “large slice” of private equity...

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Schroders cuts to affect Asia; SSGA's Asia head of portfolio strategists exits; BNY Mellon IM Greater China insto head departs; Korean hedge fund closes HK office; Ping An AM CIO moves on; China Everbright CIO departs; M&G sets up Asia credit origination team; Aberdeen Standard HK/China marketing head to exit; and more.

Asset Owners

Nov 29, 2019

Joe Marsh

The Dutch pension fund giant provided exclusive detail to AsianInvestor about its plans and expectations for the new portfolio, to be run with the help of local partner E Fund.

Moves

Nov 23, 2019

Joe Marsh

The Swiss private bank is understood to have appointed a former Credit Suisse veteran to succeed John Cappetta.

Asset Owners

Nov 26, 2019

Richard Newell

Existing dominant providers will have to pitch for the new eMPF system, while new players will have the opportunity to compete

Asset Owners

Dec 3, 2019

Joe Marsh

The $73 billion public pension fund continues its steady buildout in Singapore by poaching an executive from private equity giant Blackstone.

Moves

Nov 22, 2019

Staff Writers

HK intermediaries head exits PineBridge; Hamilton Lane names Asia co-heads; Conning appoints senior portfolio manager; StanChart replaces North Asia head of securities services; EFG makes eight hires in Singapore; and former Deutsche trader banned for life in HK.

Asset Owners

Nov 25, 2019

Joe Marsh

Despite the current turmoil, there are reasons to be optimistic about emerging market equities and real estate, says the Asia-Pacific head of Europe's biggest pension fund manager.

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2 days ago

Staff Writers

Schroders cuts to affect Asia; SSGA's Asia head of portfolio strategists exits; BNY Mellon IM Greater China insto head departs; Korean hedge fund closes HK office; Ping An AM CIO moves on; China Everbright CIO departs; M&G sets up Asia credit origination team; Aberdeen Standard HK/China marketing head to exit; and more.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

Andrew Crooke

The latest survey of insurers, pension funds, endowments and other institutions shows mixed allocation plans for 2020, amid expectations of more macro and market uncertainties.

Alternatives

2 days ago

Hans Poulsen

Limited resources and fear of failure bid the pension funds to turn to consultants, but also means they are potentially missing out on even more favourable investments.

Asset Owners

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Richard Newell

Asset owners are under greater pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and invest sustainably, but they are still seeking quality reporting standards globally.

Insto roundup: Future Fund selling private equity; AIA poaches new CEO from Ping An

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