Staff Reporters

Jan 11, 2021

UniSuper CIO looks to cut exposure to insurers; NSSF vice-chair says China's ESG investment lags in many areas; $2.4tr investor group challenges HSBC to cut fossil fuel assets; Korea's NPS commits $450m to North American infrastructure fund managers; Singapore's GIC that most active state investor in 2020 and more.

Asset Owners

Jan 6, 2021

Staff Reporters

Institutional investors have at times increased their exposure to market risks in unnecessary manners, eroding their potential levels of investment return for no reward.

Fund Managers

Jan 5, 2021

Staff Reporters

Equities investing is primed to shift with the exit of Donald Trump. Some stocks are likely to fall, while certain value shares may rise as vaccinations are rolled out over the year.

Asset Owners

Jan 4, 2021

Staff Reporters

Australia's MLC Life gets capital from Nippon Life and NAB; Ping An to buy properties from Agile Group; KIC names heads of alts and private equity; NPS appoints Russell Investments for $1b real estate mandate; CDPQ co-invests in $2.7b Taiwan offshore wind farm deal; GIC makes first Vietnam healthcare investment and more.

Asset Owners

Dec 22, 2020

Staff Reporters

AustralianSuper, CPPIB and UniSuper put $2.1b into US toll roads; Dai Xianglong calls for assets taken from corrupt Chinese officials to replenish pension reserves; GPIF investing $12.5b against new ESG benchmarks; GIC invests $200m into Chinese geothermal heating company; OTPP buys $275m of Korean fried chicken chain; and more.

Asset Owners

Nov 24, 2020

Staff Reporters

QBE Insurance joins net-zero alliance; CIC buys remaining 50% of Sydney's Grosvenor Place; Korea Post seeks custody and admin providers; GIC inks European logistics JV; Temasek sets up food investment platform; CPPIB buys $100m stake in Hutchison China MediTech, does India bilateral financing deal; and more.

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Capital Group names new Japan president; Robeco replaces Singapore chief; Hillhouse Capital hires ex-Blackstone MD; Vontobel expands EM debt team; HSBC Global AM names Apac ETF sales head; Manulife creates new digital business role; Stanchart names CIO for wealth management; TMF appoints fund services exec in Shanghai; and more.

Asset Owners

Jan 19, 2021

Jolie Ho

The Korean public pension fund has split its global public market division and will hire 38 personnel across divisions as it looks to drastically increase overseas investments by 2025.

Moves

Jan 22, 2021

Staff Writers

JP Morgan AM hires Asia head of investment stewardship; Hines appoints Asia CIO; JLL names new India CEO; William Blair IM hires Asia sales head; Colliers appoints new Australia chief; Fidelity moves into private credit; Broadridge adds Apac COO; Nomura adds 20 private bankers in Hong Kong and Singapore and more.

Partner Content

Jan 11, 2021

Schroders

Private assets continue to attract capital as investors seek better returns. While private markets can continue to deliver, they will increasingly rely on hard-to-access areas and specialist skills, says Georg Wunderlin, global head of private assets at Schroders.

Asset Owners

Jan 15, 2021

Jolie Ho

Taiwan’s state pension fund has pledged to regulate external managers more strictly after the bribery scandal, but the additional red tape could turn away some fund houses.

Asset Owners

Jan 12, 2021

Sara Velezmoro

Experts say the country's debut sovereign wealth fund needs full investing independence to attract international assets, but this appears unlikely according to current plans.

Partner Content

Jan 13, 2021

FactSet

In today’s fast-paced trading environment, there is growing demand for unique data streams to help guide investment decisions. In a recent webinar, AsianInvestor spoke to experts in the field of alternative data to gain a more in-depth understanding of the latest available options, from geotagging to sentiment analysis through natural language processing, and other unique sources of alpha.

Partner Content

Jan 17, 2021

FTSE Russell

Although the green economy represents an investment opportunity equivalent to a $4 trillion market cap, the rapid growth in recent years needs to accelerate further to achieve the goal of keeping global warming within 2 degrees.

Partner Content

Dec 18, 2020

Credit Suisse

In a recent webinar, AsianInvestor spoke to top experts on emerging market (EM) corporate debt to get a better sense of the opportunities, risks and rewards that investors should be familiar with. To continue the conversation, we followed up with panelists to further explore some key issues.

Fund Managers

Jan 21, 2021

Joe Marsh

The Japanese fund house has added a head of institutional business for China/Hong Kong and an ETF salesman and is also hiring a replacement Korea client coverage executive.

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