Malaysia

Geopolitics and energy security now replace climate targets as primary drivers of global decarbonisation investments, say Temasek and asset manager Amundi.

Delayed exits, geopolitical fragmentation, and weak distributions are emerging as the defining structural pressures reshaping fundraising, liquidity and dealmaking across Asian private equity.

Malaysia’s state pension fund KWAP appoints CEO; Future Fund's executive director departs; Manulife Singapore takes COO from Chubb; and more.

Munich Re Retakaful and Zurich make director hires in Malaysia; M&G names head of infra debt and private placements; and more.

Institutional investors are pivoting to home-market strategies, tightening scrutiny of manager quality and liquidity structures.

Australian Retirement Trust hikes global equities and international bond holdings; Hong Kong and Malaysia bourses launch co-branded large-cap index; Japan’s government fund Cool Japan supports Malaysian insurtech PolicyStreet's Series C funding round; and more.

Berjaya Sompo Insurance names new CEO; Legalsuper CEO departs to join Equip Super; CBus Property hires new CEO; Minderoo Foundation taps CEO; and more.

A decade of excess capital deployed into Asia’s private markets has forced a fundamental repricing of risk and is now defining which managers survive the correction.

South Korea's NPS set to increase strategic forex hedging ratio over the long term to support struggling won; Malaysian KWAP puts $47m in cooling firm through climate initiative; AustralianSuper to increase members' insurance premiums by 40%; and more.

As competition weakens protections in the West, Asian private credit is emerging as a structural outlier.

NFRC to invest $50mn in preferred equity in Advanced Navigation; Maharlika secures ATI stake; Kpop fans flood Korea pension fund; and more.

Philippines' GSIS partners with JIC to improve valuations and risk assessments; Aware Super and TelstraSuper set to merge in next two months; NPS signs MOU with Allianz Global Investors; and more.