2nd Annual Insurance Investment Forum

Event Highlights

The Editors

Feb 10, 2015

AsianInvestor hosted the 2nd Annual Insurance Investment Forum on February 4, 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong.

Elizabeth Allen, HSBC Global Asset Management

Kevin Anderson, State Street Global Advisors

Geoffrey Au, Zurich Insurance

Philip Cheng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Sophia Cheng, Cathay Financial Holdings

Michael Clements, SYZ Asset Management

Networking

Panel: How are Asia’s Leading Insurers Coping with a Low Interest Rate World?

Delegates at Insurance Investment Forum

Networking at Insurance Investment Forum

ALM breakout session at Insurance Investment Forum

Session leaders reporting back from ALM breakouts

Workshops at Insurance Investment Forum

Panel: New Approaches to Risk Management

Nicholas Ferres, Eastspring Investments

Don Guo, Asia Capital Reinsurance Group

Garry Hawker, Mercer

Milan Khatri, Aberdeen Asset Management

Paul Melody, Towers Watson

Robin Miller, IFM Investors

Trevor Persaud, managing partner, Stradegi

Will Rainey, Towers Watson

Johan Sidik, Generali Life Insurance Indonesia

Jeffrey Tan, Ageas

Tan Soo Thiam, AIA

Chi-cheun Teh, Prudential Assurance Malaysia

Ka-Man Wong, Axa Asia

Franklin Yang, BNP Paribas

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Asset Owners

3 days ago

Joe Marsh

The Singapore sovereign wealth fund is understood to be working to integrate data science – a cutting-edge practice in the investment space – more closely into its processes.

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BNY Mellon

BNY Mellon’s new report looks at key drivers shaping the investment industry that buy-side leaders should not miss.

Awards

Feb 22, 2021

The Editors

AsianInvestor is requesting submissions for its latest Asset Service and Asset Management awards, which will incorporate a panel of industry judges. Read on to learn more.

Partner Content

Feb 17, 2021

World Gold Council

Investors in Asia Pacific will likely see the low interest rate environment as an opportunity to add risk assets in the hope that the economic recovery is on the immediate horizon, but the case for owning gold in portfolios remains strong, according to Jaspar Crawley, Head of Distribution, APAC, at The World Gold Council.

Partner Content

Feb 23, 2021

FactSet

In today’s fast-paced trading environment, there is growing demand for unique data streams to help guide investment decisions. In a recent webinar, AsianInvestor spoke to experts in the field of alternative data to gain a more in-depth understanding of the latest available options, from geotagging to sentiment analysis through natural language processing, and other unique sources of alpha.

Partner Content

Feb 21, 2021

PASLA

There is growing investor interest in managing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors inherent in securities lending – especially concerning voting rights – finds a consultation conducted by AsianInvestor and the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA).

Partner Content

Feb 28, 2021

Columbia Threadneedle Investments

In a recent webinar, we asked insurance industry experts how their investment teams can best plan to meet their return targets when facing a mixture of market volatility, low returns, a tenuous economic recovery and geopolitical uncertainty.

Asset Owners

Feb 24, 2021

Joe Marsh

Several European insurers are moving to start including emerging market assets – most notably Asian private credit – in their illiquid portfolios, says Joel Krueger, Aon's global CIO.

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Moves

1 day ago

Staff Writers

T. Rowe Price opens research office and appoints GM in Shanghai; MSCI replaces Apac client coverage head; StanChart appoints head of managed investments; lead HK equity manager leaves Fidelity; Adamas AM faces winding-up; MAS bans four executives; Indosuez names EAM and MFO head; and more.

Fund Managers

2 days ago

Sara Velezmoro

A mass US Treasury bond sell-off last week sparked volatility in markets. We asked investment experts how this might be impacting asset owners' investment plans.

Family Offices

2 days ago

Richard Newell

The latest run-up in the price of Bitcoin has sparked more interest in digital tokenised investments, particularly among wealthy families and individuals.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

Joe Marsh

The Singapore funds have reinforced their standing as the world's most active sovereign wealth investors, underlining the benefits of strong global resources and partnerships.

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