5th Insurance Investment Forum

Event Highlights

Mar 7, 2018

Leading figures from the world of insurance gather in Hong Kong for AsianInvestor's annual conference.

John Leung, Hong Kong Insurance Authority

Panel discussion: The big convergence – new challenges and opportunities

Arnaud Miroudel, BNP Paribas Cardif

Mark Konyn, AIA

Paul Carrett, FWD

Richard Morrow, AsianInvestor

William Yuen, Invesco

Dr Bruce Porteous, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Panel discussion: Spotlight on alternatives

Sophia Cheng, Cathay Financial Holdings

Chris Chow, LaSalle Investment Management

Stephan van Vliet, Prudential Corporation Asia

Ed Northover, Debevoise & Plimpton

Adeline Tan of Mercer leads a breakout discussion

Will Rainey of Willis Towers Watson leads a breakout discussion

Discussion: Asian Infrastructure

Michael Barrow, Asian Development Bank

Trevor Persaud, independent consultant

Alicia García-Herrero, Natixis

Jonathan Larsen, Ping An Group

Panel discussion: ALM – striking the right balance

Angela Choi, Willis Towers Watson

Benjamin Deng, AIA Group and the City University of Hong Kong

Grégoire Picquot, Axa

Kevin Singh, Manulife

Rob Turnbull, Swiss Re

Andrew Crooke, AsianInvestor

Florian Nuessel, 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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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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Feb 15, 2021

BNY Mellon

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Alternatives

Feb 16, 2021

Sara Velezmoro

The chief executive's decision to step down after nearly 17 years ends an era of rapid evolution. New CEO Dilhan Pillay will need to accelerate Temasek's move into modern areas.

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.

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 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.

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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.

Asset Owners

10 hours ago

Joe Marsh

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in how international asset owners invest in Asia. They are increasingly moving to add resources and form partnerships in the region.

Asset Owners

12 hours ago

Sara Velezmoro

Danish pension plan PBU may have backed a Southeast Asia women-focused fund for commercial reasons, but it is in a small minority of asset owners making such investments.

Asset Owners

13 hours ago

Jolie Ho

Korea's financial regulator is increasingly trying to impose caution in respect of illiquid investments, especially offshore ones, but the tide of flows into such assets is still rising.

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