Steven Billiet leaves JP Morgan AM for pastures new
The US firm's former Singapore chief is on gardening leave. Sources say he will take up an institutional client-focused role in Hong Kong at another large fund house.
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Pimco hires head of South Asia clients and Singapore
The US asset manager is about to unveil the appointment of a Wellington Management veteran to fill a key role for its institutional business after recent senior staff changes.
TCW taps Schroders for new Singapore chief
The US fund house has hired a long-standing senior employee of its British rival for a client-facing role and as head of Singapore, and a new Asia head of investment solutions.
Southeast Institutional Investor Forum, in photos
Regional chief investment officers gather to discuss their investment strategies in wake of the collision between geopolitics and sustained low rates.
HKMA backs new Hong Kong private equity plans
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank voices its support for the upcoming limited partnership regime as more details of the developing legal framework emerge.
Why better education is still key for Singapore’s CPF
Despite Singapore’s efforts to upgrade its already top-rated compulsory public pension scheme, the answer to its continuing success lies in better educating its members.
Asia’s leading asset owners: How Poba, GIC and Fubon Life excelled
AsianInvestor reveals the reasons behind Government Pension Investment Fund and GIC winning their respective market category awards this year.
Assessing Asia-Pacific’s New Corporate Fund Structures, Pt. 1
In competition with schemes such as UCITS, the development of corporate fund structures in Asia Pacific is providing more options for asset managers to domicile funds. We break down what the new structures mean.
Canada’s Omers expands Asia private equity team
The $73 billion public pension fund continues its steady buildout in Singapore by poaching an executive from private equity giant Blackstone.
Julius Baer hires new funds gatekeeper for Asia
The Swiss private bank is understood to have appointed a former Credit Suisse veteran to succeed John Cappetta.
Canada’s Omers starts Asia capital markets buildout
The $73 billion public pension fund has added senior emerging market equity specialists, including a new regional head of capital markets, to the Singapore office it set up last year.
Schroders’ Apac product and intermediary head quits
The British fund house has seen another change at the top with the departure of Showbhik Kalra.
Principal Global Investors removes Asia head
The US asset manager has eliminated the role, resulting in the departure of Celestine Khoo.
Temasek flags challenges of investing in cybersecurity
The proliferation of self-professed cybersecurity companies, combined with data sensitivity, makes it tricky for asset owners to find the right investments.
Eastspring CIO departs; new CEO seen being sought
The asset management arm of Prudential Corporation Asia is ringing more changes at the top, including restructuring its investment department, amid ongoing talk of a potential sale.
Singapore's MAS plans infra push with new vehicles
South and Southeast Asia's infrastructure needs have prompted the central bank to act as a conduit for investment, partly by overseeing the creation of new investment vehicles.
Temasek ramping up focus on cybersecurity assets
The Singaporean state investor remains on the lookout for promising cybersecurity assets to complement its existing platform and provide more than just healthy investment returns.
GPIF’s foreign investments save blushes after weak Q1
Sizeable exposure to overseas markets has helped the huge Japanese pension fund stave off a rout after a turbulent period, underlining why others are following suit.
Insto roundup: Korean pensions shore up local stocks, shun Japan assets
GIC, AustralianSuper, Ontario Teachers pour into Indian infrastructure; CIC to bail out local lender; Tokio Marine eyes RHB insurance unit; Myanmar approves more insurance JVs, and more.
How Singapore stole a march on HK in private equity
The aspirations of Hong Kong to become a viable private equity fund domicile face competition from Singapore, which is already more advanced in its plans.
