4th Insurance Investment Forum

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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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.

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The new recruit at the UK asset management unit of Canada’s Great-West Life expects Southeast Asian stocks to catch up with their North Asian peers soon enough.

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Future Fund's Costello decries tech stock bubble; Australian super funds not worried about inflation; Chinese investment into Australia lowest for decade; Korea's NPS returns 9.7%; Korean insurers to get more scrutiny of their investments; Khazanah injects capital into Malaysia Airlines; Temasek makes more China tech investments; GIC forms HK JV to acquire Shanghai site; CPPIB's Machin quits on vaccine scandal.

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