Share buybacks soar in Asia but investors flag worries

Fidelity hires Julius Baer funds specialist; Franklin Templeton's new Asia investment solutions head; RBC names SE Asia WM chief; Bank of Singapore makes HK, Taiwan hires; NAB appoints WM CEO, and more.

Influential investors GIC and Temasek, along with other Asian asset owners, are showing increasing concern about the escalation of the US-led trade conflict.

Domestic asset managers are increasingly sophisticated and could become global players within 20 years, said the Asia chief executive of JP Morgan Asset Management.

Asian pension funds should keep an eye on big changes taking place in the UK's retirement industry, including a portfolio de-risking trend and a rising focus on cashflow-driving investing.