Four industry experts share their takes on China’s economic slowdown and the risks and opportunities to look out for, against a backdrop of internal and external upheaval.
The Swiss fund house is bringing in senior executives from rival TCW to fill two roles, rebuilding its client coverage after the recent departures of Amy Cho and Carmen Lai.
FWD adds M&A expert to drive expansion; BlackRock hires China chief; Barclays hires structuring head; State Street appoints international head; BMO Global AM hires alts chief; and more.
With its investment outsourcing growth slowing in 2018, Malaysia’s biggest public pension fund is on course to strengthen its in-house investment capabilities.
A study on asset owners' commitment to responsible investing ranked five Asia Pacific institutions highly but also found the gap between the best and the rest to be very large.
The Singaporean fund remains the world's standout SWF tech investor due to the number and breadth of its deals, which cut across software, biotech and fintech, a new report shows.
Asset owners and investment managers are allocating more to fixed income exchange-traded funds despite many citing worries about such products' underlying liquidity.
Teachers’ Pension and Poba are hunting for experts who can manage growing overseas alternative investments, but they face an uphill struggle to hire them.
Future Fund adds another deputy CIO; Sunsuper names strategy head; Taikang Life hires property specialist; Ostrum sets up Asia team; Amelie Remond exits Aberdeen; JLL and CBRE ring senior changes; and more.
GEPS and Poba will be using more ETFs in 2019 as the higher fees associated with active management become harder to justify. And it's not just in equities; credit is also in the frame.
Three investment specialists share their views on institutional investor interest to outsource portfolios and the asset classes they seek to access via external managers.
MSCI’s A-share inclusion will institutionalise and internationalise China's local share market. Global asset owners must work out how best to invest. Some are doing so internally.
The 2017 China Asset Owners Insight report, the third such report from our research arm, offers a comprehensive look into the investment activity of the nation's asset owners.
How will the country further facilitate ESG investments and to what extent is such awareness set to improve among domestic institutions? Five industry experts share their views.
Eastspring loses a global strategist; Australia's Hostplus names new head of insurance; Munich Re shunts executive to be CEO of Korea; Allianz's Philippines JV promotes COO to CEO; Savills shifts global CEO role to Singapore with new hire, and more.
Institutional investors such as the UK’s Coal Pension Trustees and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan are taking different routes to increasing their use of emerging technologies.
Responsible investing has traditionally been low on the agenda in chaebol-dominated Korea but the need to diversify could yet force a new approach among the country's asset owners.
GEPS and Poba will be using more ETFs in 2019 as the higher fees associated with active management become harder to justify. And it's not just in equities; credit is also in the frame.
