Asset Owners

Investment chiefs at AIA Hong Kong, Chubb Life, and BOC Life embrace tighter collaboration across teams with the goal of building more resilient businesses under a new regulatory environment.

Hong Kong insurers are eyeing opportunities in risk assets and emerging markets, buoyed by prospects of a softening US dollar and limited risk of a major US recession.

Support by the world’s leading investment managers on ESG votes tabled by APAC shareholders is waning, which is piling pressure on other institutional investors to take the lead.

Future Fund reshapes investment team; M&G hires intermediaries executive from PineBridge; Carlyle hires for newly-created Asia role; BNY Investments taps Japan head from Mercer; CapitaLand Investments strengthens private funds business; and more.

We showcase the co-CIO of Japan University Fund and AsianInvestor Editorial Advisory Board member, who talks about his biggest motivation, his role models and his leadership style.

A new report also says that advanced economies’ dominance of financial flows and development aid is waning, underlining the need for better international cooperation and more private investment.

The Singapore-based life insurer seeks managers who are able to outperform in distressed conditions, hoping the volatile market will help identify the standouts.

Asset owners in Greater China are expanding their use of ETFs for a wider range of portfolio use cases as the region offers more diverse products, according to a survey by Brown Brothers Harriman.

Key leadership changes at investment managers in Asia include Lawrence Hanson’s switch to Robeco from Fidelity, and Simon England-Brammer’s exit from Nuveen.

Executives from China Life, YF Life, and Churchill Asset Management discussed the growing appeal of private credit and private equity for life insurers in a complex macroeconomic environment.

Institutional investors are grappling with the next phase of artificial intelligence, shifting focus from Big Tech to specialised sectors.

US pension funds delegation to visit India to explore investments; PensionDanmark plans to grow its green investments in Asia; ChinaLife Insurance profit gains in first half; NPS opens office in San Francisco; and more.