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Foreign investors are ramping up their presence in Asia’s private credit markets, but the home advantage still rests with domestic allocators.

The Hong Kong-based single family office recently wound down its family office activities to focus on businesses it had spun out. Eric Wong, a third generation member of the family, shares the family's journey and reasons for this decision.

As volatility reshapes the 40-year bull market, investors in Hong Kong and Singapore are pivoting to ILS, private credit and mid-market strategies, with allocations expected to rise.

Foreign institutional appetite for Asia’s private credit market is picking up, but flows are uneven. Investors are gravitating toward larger, developed markets while some regions continue to suffer from structural under-allocation.

Insurers are pivoting to long-term strategies, diversifying into alternative assets to generate the stable cash flows needed to match their long-term liabilities.

GIC is in talks to sell its majority stake in Yes! Communities to Brookfield; Macquarie Asset Management has closed its first dedicated energy transition fund with over $3 billion in total commitments; and more.

Future Fund CIO Ben Samild is leaving the SWF to join the Abu Dhabi Investment Council; Brighter Super CIO steps down; Aware Super bolsters European team with valuations lead; and more.

Singapore's family offices surged 43% to over 2,000 in 2024, but this rapid growth is exposing critical talent shortages and risk management gaps that threaten their sustainability.

Risk-based capital frameworks across Asia are fundamentally changing how insurance investment teams approach asset allocation, with interest rate challenges and capital efficiency becoming central to investment strategy development.

With capital market rotations accelerating and old models breaking down, the Hong Kong-based life insurer sees building in-house agility as key to generating alpha and managing risk.

Specialist climate investor Clean Energy Finance Cooperation and Canadian pension fund La Caisse launch agricultural platform Meldora to generate carbon credit units; Australian Retirement Trust backs 5-year ESG strategy with $666m Macquarie climate fund investment; and more.

Anchored by its $5.2bn Future Fund, the Gulf state is financing a domestic energy transition and using Hong Kong as a gateway to access key technology and partnerships.