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.
Fixed Income
As the rate-cutting cycle approaches, fund managers are evaluating whether global and Asian high-yield bonds are becoming more appealing and how investors should approach the asset class.
The Fed’s rate pivot will change allocation preferences across asset classes and markets worldwide, delegates heard at AsianInvestor’s Insurance Investment Briefing in Singapore.
Asset managers share their expectations for the number and size of US interest rate cuts following the Federal Reserve chair's widely reported speech at Jackson Hole.
The Chinese insurance giant eyes a boost to its overseas assets when the long-awaited US monetary easing begins.
A record $6.22 trillion is parked in US money market funds, mostly from institutional investors. As the Fed starts rate cuts, fund managers predict where the cash will flow.
Global fixed income dominated a bulk of the fixed income flows for Singapore-registered funds in the first half of the year, while Asian fixed income was another popular category.
QBE Insurance Group is adapting its investment portfolio towards higher risk assets, with significant moves into private credit and infrastructure.
Fund managers say various assets within the fixed income universe are well positioned as US economic growth slows down.
The surprising return of positive interest rates in Japan is influencing the portfolio planning among the domestic pension funds, a new survey reveals.
The regional director of investment management - fixed income, who has been with the insurer for more than two decades, left at the end of July, AsianInvestor understands.
With rate cuts in sight for the second half, asset managers outline top fixed income strategies to navigate the shifting policy landscape.