Two chief investment officers have left the Swiss insurer – one who ran its Hong Kong and Singapore portfolios and the other who oversaw the UK life assets.
The huge pension fund has finally found a chief investment officer after much speculation, and is seen as being more active in seeking asset managers for new portfolios.
Dual-class share structures are common among technology companies, and this can deter governance-conscious investors. How should they approach such stocks?
Speculation is rife that Chinese insurer Ping An is eyeing the Asian division of British peer Prudential, but other outcomes are being mooted. What would this mean for each firm?
Domestic asset managers are increasingly sophisticated and could become global players within 20 years, said the Asia chief executive of JP Morgan Asset Management.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.