2nd Family Office Forum Asia

Event Highlights

The Editors

Apr 28, 2016

AsianInvestor hosted its second annual Family Office Forum Asia at the St Regis Hotel in Singapore on April 20.

Panel discussion: Moving With Time: Managing Generational Wealth

Karim Mrani-Alaoui, CIO at a single-family office

Noor Quek, NQ International

Munish Randev, Waterfield Advisors

Kheam How Teo, Assetwise Capital

Steven Seow, Mercer

Panel discussion: Alternative Alternatives

Peter Gibson, Dynasty Family Office

Jack Hon, Wide Growth

Steve Diggle, Vulpes Investment Management

Sean O'Shea, Sienna Capital Partners

Peter Douglas, CAIA

Son Nguyen, Ayaltis AG, Zurich

Panel discussion: Philanthropy, Impact Investing and Passion Projects

Justin Connor, Rothschild Family Office

Sharon Chandran, Footprints Investments

Terry Farris, Taurus Wealth Advisors

Gordon 'Grant' Curtis, CI Investments

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Manulife appoints new COO; the head of investment stewardship at VFMC departs; June Wong joins Value Partners as president; State Street appoints head of Singapore and Southeast Asia, and head of Australia; BlackRock COO joins UBS AM as Australia and New Zealand country head; Pictet veteran named as Asia CIO; Nomura AM Malaysia head to step down; and more

Family Offices

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Natalie Koh

The way family offices contribute to society has evolved from philanthropy to impact investing - or in many cases, a blend of both.

Fund Managers

Oct 18, 2021

Shruti Medha

Stakeholders are placing increasing importance on gender equality on corporate boards, but institutionalised problems continue to limit career advancement for women in Asia Pacific, experts say.

Fund Managers

Oct 15, 2021

Staff Reporters

Aware Super appoints deputy CIO and head of governance; AustralianSuper promotes chief risk officer to replace Paul Schroder; Raffles Family Office adds two new roles to independent advisory board; Amundi appoints South Asia CEO; Barclays names China chief executive; Zico hires head of advisory in Singapore; Capital Group names head of HK client group; and more

Asset Owners

Oct 21, 2021

Lucas Cacioli

Leading LPs and GPs are collaborating to pool information in a bid to standardise ESG data reporting with the aim of bringing transparency to sustainable investing within the private equity industry.

Fund Managers

Oct 13, 2021

Shruti Medha

Corruption risks and the lack of opportunities are not helping Asian investors overcome their doubts about the value of ESG metrics

Partner Content

Sep 28, 2021

Schroders

As more multi-asset portfolios integrate sustainability, such portfolios’ ability to navigate short-term swings in performance is enhanced without sacrificing longer term returns, says Schroders’ Jason Yu. In this Beyond Profit series, the firm explores both investing in sustainability-driven sectors and incorporating ESG considerations in the investment process.

Asset Owners

Oct 14, 2021

Shusi He

Nearly 50% of institutional investors and family offices in Asia Pacific intend to increase the number of external managers for their thematic investments in equities over the next 12 months.

Partner Content

Oct 17, 2021

Nuveen

Amid today’s macro landscape and the need to rethink portfolio planning, asset owners in Asia Pacific are more eagerly embracing responsible investing, says Nuveen’s Simon England-Brammer.

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Asset Owners

16 hours ago

Lucas Cacioli

Investors are bringing an ESG focus to opportunities, while being aware that this does not mean an automatic boost to returns.

Asset Owners

19 hours ago

Twinkle Zhou

When it comes to scale and diversity, the China market is now second to none. Investors, however, need to take a long view on a sometimes volatile market, experts from the likes of GIC said.

Partner Content

23 hours ago

PineBridge Investments

The age of Asia will soon arrive as the world is shifting towards multipolarity. What are the key trends that investors and business leaders should be aware of?

Alternatives

1 day ago

Richard Newell

The two Apac sovereign funds are focusing on renewable and clean energy infrastructure assets as part of their fine-tuned investment strategies.

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