Equities offer Thai insurers a tough investing choice
Insurers from the country face increasing risks in the local equity market, but they may have to take them with fixed income returns set to diminish further due to a lower interest rate.
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GPF seeks overseas pension partners for alts
Thailand's leading state pension fund is seeking to boost returns through more diverse investing and partners, as it prepares for an upsurge in retirees.
GPF seeks to expand its in-house investing expertise
Thailand's leading pension fund has been increasing the size of its internal investment team and will add more personnel, said Man Juttijudata, assistant secretary of risk management.
Pru Thailand continues push offshore despite volatility
The insurer plans to further diversify its exposure using overseas ETFs, amid the global market rout and after the recent raising of the offshore allocation cap.
Covid-19 volatility underlines passive investing’s appeal
With active funds failing to impress in the current bear markets, regional institutional investors look set to keep relying on passive funds – with the odd exception.
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How Thailand’s ETF market can change to entice instos
The nation’s regulator aims to develop and expand the local ETF market further but has its work cut out to solve the problems constraining asset owner involvement.
Muang Thai Life pursues AI to aid risk management
The second-biggest insurer in Thailand has developed an in-house artificial intelligence project for the investment risk team to help identify alpha in the local equities market.
GPF mulls offshore pension partnerships in alts push
Thailand’s Government Pension fund is contemplating teaming up with pension funds from other countries as it continues to ramp up its exposure to alternatives investments.
Thai insurers eye PE, offshore ramp-up after rule easing
A surprise doubling of the overseas allocation limit to 30% and lifting of the ban on private equity investment are welcome changes for increasingly yield-starved Thai insurance firms.
Why Thai pensions should diversify their assets more
The country's retirement funds must embrace a broader array of investments, including alternative assets, if they are to meet the needs of their fast-aging population.
Thailand seeks to shine light on pension reform
The country should make private pension schemes more popular to ensure its population saves enough for retirement. Plus existing funds need to update their investing and products.
Facing Thailand’s age-old problem
The country with the most rapidly aging population in Southeast Asia needs to get people saving more, and quickly, to avoid a rise in its elderly poor.
Asia’s best asset owners: How GPIF’s Mizuno and GPF’s Man impressed
For the final two in our institutional awards series, we explain our choice of Hiromichi Mizuno as the best CIO and outline the contributions of Man Juttijudata to Thailand's investment industry.
How GPF is bracing for more retirees and lower returns
Faced with rising demand for pension support amid a grim investing environment, Thailand’s Government Pension Fund aims to ride through challenges by fine-tuning its asset allocation.
Photos: Thailand Institutional Investment Forum 2019
AsianInvestor's annual event in Bangkok on October 10 hosted a high calibre of speakers and delegates to discuss the hot topics such as global diversification, ESG and technology.
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Institutional Investment Forum Thailand 2019
Asset owners and domestic asset managers met in Bangkok on October 10 to discuss the future of overseas investment among Thai institutions.
Unicorn valuations are fit to burst, warn investors
Panellists of AsianInvestor’s third Institutional Investment Forum Thailand tell delegates why they shun big-ticket investments in the so-called ‘unicorns’.
Muang Thai Life’s approach to outsourcing assets
How does Muang Thai Life engage with external managers? A keynote interview at AsianInvestor’s third Institutional Investment Forum Thailand reveals all.
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