Fund managers say the global hunt for yield is exacerbating the liquidity problems in Asian bond markets and have their doubts about how the issue can be resolved.
The increasingly complex global business model is one of the factors forcing asset owners and asset managers to look at middle-office outsourcing. Our guests discuss the issue in an AsianInvestor webcast.
AsianInvestor and Northern Trust Asset Management hosted a live webcast exploring whether the fossil fuel debate is hot air or a real threat to asset owners.
Is the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect a success? Our expert guests discuss the key issues still facing investors, brokers and banks on both sides of the border.
DST Global Solutions and AsianInvestor hosted a live webcast exploring how the performance measurement function is evolving for asset managers with the changing needs of investors, regulators and internal teams.
After this autumn's sell-off of emerging market equities, JC de Beaulieu at State Street Global Advisors explains what will drive stocks from here – and where the dangers lie.
Executives from BoCHK Asset Management, Nikko Asset Management, Pimco and State Street recently discussed the big issues facing Asia's investment industry.
AsianInvestor carried out a webcast with two senior Northern Trust executives to examine the impact of post-crisis regulatory reform on institutional investors in Asia Pacific.
Arnout van Rijn joins AsianInvestor for a discussion on Asia-Pacific equities and currencies and, in the process, identifies individual stocks with appeal.
Matthew Sutherland, Asia-Pacific head of research at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, discusses new research on what companies are likely to do with their growing horde of cash.
Michael Hanson-Lawson of East Capital discusses Russia and its neighbours, against the backdrop of the current turmoil in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Peter Redward of Barclays Capital and Dennis Tan of Deutsche Bank consider the pace of RMB appreciation and whether the Hong Kong dollar will be repegged to the renminbi.
The data and analytics specialist is joining asset management consultancy Shoreline to expand the team in Singapore advising on investment operating models.
Pimco names new Apac head; Hines expanding Japan and Korea teams; T. Rowe Price appoints wholesale and family office head; Odey's Brook AM lures another Newton exec for new EM fund; Complyport HK sees ownership change, renamed S2 Compliance; Rob Lance joins portfolio software startup to run Asia sales; Tokyo Stock Exchange names president.
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund is understood to be working to integrate data science – a cutting-edge practice in the investment space – more closely into its processes.
AsianInvestor is requesting submissions for its latest Asset Service and Asset Management awards, which will incorporate a panel of industry judges. Read on to learn more.
Korea Post names two new CIOs; M&G Real Estate replaces Asia CEO and CIO; Cbus names a people and culture executive; KKR MD Terence Lee quits; MetLife hires HK-based institutional and insurance head; HSBC makes trio of CIO appointments; CBRE account director transfers from HK; SC Lowy adds trader in London; and more.
Investors in Asia Pacific will likely see the low interest rate environment as an opportunity to add risk assets in the hope that the economic recovery is on the immediate horizon, but the case for owning gold in portfolios remains strong, according to Jaspar Crawley, Head of Distribution, APAC, at The World Gold Council.
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.
There is growing investor interest in managing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors inherent in securities lending – especially concerning voting rights – finds a consultation conducted by AsianInvestor and the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA).
Several European insurers are moving to start including emerging market assets – most notably Asian private credit – in their illiquid portfolios, says Joel Krueger, Aon's global CIO.