4th Insurance Investment Forum

Event Highlights

The Editors

Mar 8, 2017

CIOs from some of Asia's biggest insurers were among the high-profile delegates at AI's 2017 Insurance Investment Forum in Hong Kong.

Delegates arrive

Mark Konyn, AIA

Jeffrey Tan, Ageas

Boris Moutier, Axa

Paul Carrett, FWD

Panel discussion: Insurance Investor's Dilemma

Richard Morrow, AsianInvestor

Curtis Tai, Jane Street

Delegates join a breakout session

The forum offered plenty of opportunities for networking

Andries Hoekema, HSBC Global Asset Management

Siew Han Khim, BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Paul Sandhu, Conning

Greg Kuczaj, Willis Towers Watson

Kishore Ramakrishnan, PwC

Brian Murray, AIA

Lee Dong-ik, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Frederic Thomas, Asian Development Bank

Matthew Thomas, FinanceAsia

Panel discussion: Making Infrastructure Work for Insurance Investors

Alastair Hills, AsianInvestor

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Fund Managers

Mar 20, 2020

Joe Marsh

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.

Asset Owners

Mar 17, 2020

Joe Marsh

The move is seen as unlikely to mean much change for asset owners in Asia Pacific, but fund managers will be keeping a close eye on how it develops.

Asset Owners

Mar 24, 2020

Hans Poulsen

The coronavirus pandemic are challenging investment strategies in more than one way. But the postponement of upcoming tighter regulations might provide a ray of light.

Asset Owners

Mar 24, 2020

Joe Marsh

With oil-producing countries hit hard by the crude price crash, their state institutions will have to dump liquid assets and, by default, raise private market allocations, say industry experts.

Asset Owners

Mar 19, 2020

Staff Writers

Nine experts share their takes on how institutional investors can best respond to what seems to be a spiralling bond market rout.

Asset Owners

Mar 17, 2020

Jolie Ho

The largest lifer in Taiwan is confident that it can buffer volatility in the equity market and will pay attention to good investment opportunities in domestic stocks.

Asset Owners

Mar 24, 2020

Jaycee Man

The disease’s outbreak looks set to change the appeal of real assets as it forces a new way of living and working on people amid global lockdown.

Asset Owners

4 days ago

Jolie Ho Richard Morrow

As markets continue to gyrate, some of the island's larger insurers have sought to take advantage while smaller players are struggling with weaker capital positions.

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Asset Owners

14 hours ago

Hans Poulsen

The incoming president of the world’s largest pension fund will need to oversee a freer hand in foreign asset allocation and appoint a new CIO, with Hiromichi Mizuno leaving.

Asset Owners

1 day ago

Jolie Ho

The second-largest life insurer in Taiwan cuts its allocation to China bonds and raises its exposure to North America.

Asset Owners

1 day ago

Staff Reporters

Asia Pacific insurers look weaker as markets collapse; Australia pension funds slash private asset valuations; Asian Development Bank invests $100m into India's sovereign wealth fund; GPIF's CIO leaves and it pushes into green bonds and real estate; Korea insurers prepare for mergers; Temasek's value plummets by one-third and more.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

Richard Newell

Rising lifespans and low fixed-income payments are creating a headache for pension funds. They need to adapt how they invest, even if some lessons run contrary to recent volatility.

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