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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Korea Post names two new CIOs; M&G Real Estate replaces Asia CEO and CIO; Cbus names a people and culture executive; KKR MD Terence Lee quits; MetLife hires HK-based institutional and insurance head; HSBC makes trio of CIO appointments; CBRE account director transfers from HK; SC Lowy adds trader in London; and more.

Moves

Feb 26, 2021

Staff Writers

Pimco names new Apac head; Hines expanding Japan and Korea teams; T. Rowe Price appoints wholesale and family office head; Odey's Brook AM lures another Newton exec for new EM fund; Complyport HK sees ownership change, renamed S2 Compliance; Rob Lance joins portfolio software startup to run Asia sales; Tokyo Stock Exchange names president.

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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.

Asset Owners

Feb 17, 2021

Jolie Ho

The Construction Worker Mutual Aid Association and DGB Life are among the Korean asset owners that intend to further increase their alternative investments.

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.

Alternatives

Feb 10, 2021

Natalie Koh

Asset owners and managers are being drawn to private credit investments in China and India, but also other areas. However, Asia presents unique risk challenges too.

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).

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Asset Owners

3 hours ago

Natalie Koh

A growing number of investors in the region are using climate-aligned allocation strategies, but they could do more. Few set environmental standards in mandates, for instance.

Asset Owners

3 hours ago

Joe Marsh

Major asset owners like Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and GIC discuss lessons learned from the pandemic.

Asset Owners

5 hours 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.

Partner Content

22 hours ago

HSBC Asset Management

With Hong Kong dollar (HKD) bonds already regarded as an asset-liability matching instrument for locally-based investors, the ongoing lower-for-longer rates environment has given them even greater potential to play an increasingly relevant role in institutional portfolios.

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