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.

Moves

Nov 29, 2019

Staff Writers

Ex-Capitaland IM chief joins Oaktree; Fidelity hires ex-BlackRock ESG specialist; Janus Henderson hires institutional sales; State Street adds sector solutions head; Old Mutual replaces departed head of HNW sales; Andy Chai exits BNP Paribas; HSBC Private Banking shuffles Asia management; and more.

Asset Owners

Nov 28, 2019

Hans Poulsen

GPIF’s Hiromichi Mizuno has fundamentally changed the world’s largest pension fund – and global institutional investment. He tells AsianInvestor why.

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.

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.

Asset Owners

Dec 5, 2019

Joe Marsh

Investment heads at insurance firms such as AIG and Pool Re discuss the benefits of outsourcing portfolios and what they look for from asset managers.

Event Highlights

Dec 6, 2019

Jaycee Man

In the aftermath of revelations about the co-working firm's poor governance, family office executives reflect on how private investments in disruptive companies should be made.

Fund Managers

Dec 6, 2019

Joe Marsh

Aberdeen Standard's equity investing process in Asia is changing as it ups its China exposure and the team sees high turnover, raising questions for allocators, Morningstar says.

Asset Owners

Dec 4, 2019

The Editors

Last night AsianInvestor unveiled the winners of the last four award categories: Japan, Endowment, Best CIO and Individual Contribution to Institutional Investment.

Awards

Dec 6, 2019

The Editors

AsianInvestor explains the reasons for choosing Hong Kong Jockey Club and GPIF for the market categories of Hong Kong and Japan, respectively.

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The Editors

AsianInvestor discusses why the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and UniSuper won in their respective award categories of Reserves Management Institution and Pension Fund.

Asset Owners

1 day ago

Jaycee Man

Instead of using an iron fist approach to incorporate ESG principles, Cathay Financial’s CIO shows how it can be done through both internal and external engagement.

Fund Managers

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Jolie Ho

Some global asset managers in the city are reluctant to hire local fresh graduates at a time when expats are thinking about relocation thanks to the social unrest.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

The Editors

AsianInvestor reveals the reasons behind Government Pension Investment Fund and GIC winning their respective market category awards this year.

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

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