Australia

Prudential taps Swiss Re CIO as board director; Gaw Capital and CBRE name APAC data centre heads; Axa IM Alts reshuffles regional leadership team, and more.

The private equity firm's acquisition of ProTen, a key player in Australia’s chicken farming industry, is set to scale operations and bolster the nation’s food security.

China Investment Corp. (CIC) shelves $1 billion sale of US private equity fund stakes; Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund eyes $10 billion debut loan; BlackRock and Mubadala Investment unwind Asian private credit partnership, and more.

PGIM is ramping up investments in industrial and living sectors—including co-living and aged care—while cautiously re-entering office real estate, eyeing a potential market low.

Prudential names Goldman veteran as CIO; Indonesia's SWF taps co-CIOs; Malaysia's IIC renews leadership; Markel appoints APAC head, and more.

With competition intensifying across the Asia Pacific region, Australia offers lender-friendly regulations, strong market fundamentals and growing institutional interest.

CPP Investments backs Ares-managed data centre fund; Australian super fund increases allocation to alternative property sectors; Hong Kong industry groups propose MPF default fund consolidation; Oman's sovereign wealth fund launches $200m Vietnam growth fund.

Aware Real Estate confirms CEO; Temasek names next chair; ART continues restructuring; Eastspring Vietnam promotes CEO, and more.

As distribution rates remain near historic lows across private equity and real estate, Asia Pacific investors showing increased interest in secondaries, private credit, and alternative structures emerging as regional solutions.

Aware Super adds risk and compliance head; Zurich taps claims lead; Aberdeen names APAC equities chief; BlackRock hires fixed income head, and more.

Australian superannuation funds are leading the expansion in responsible investment, with institutional investors driving the market to $1.03 trillion (A$1.6 trillion) as ESG integration becomes increasingly mainstream.

Qatar sovereign fund to become third-largest shareholder in ChinaAMC; Australian pension funds back Airwallex's $300m funding round; CapitaLand launches first onshore master fund in China; Taiwan plans to establish sovereign wealth fund; and more.