Korea Institutional Investment Forum 2016

Event Highlights

The Editors

Jul 12, 2016

Delegates gathered in Seoul on June 23 for AsianInvestor's 10th Korea Institutional Investment Forum.

Yang Young-sig, National Pension Service

Keith Patton, BMO Global Asset Management

Jeff Mueller, Eaton Vance

Panel discussion: CIO Roundtable

Cho Sung-sik, Mirae Asset Life

Choi Young-gwon, Government Employees Pension Service

Park Min-ho, Teachers' Pension

Jang Dong-hun, Public Officials Benefit Association

Lee Insup, AsianInvestor

Jack Chang, Ping An of China Asset Management (HK)

Ian Fowler, Babson Capital

Thomas Deinet, Hedge Fund Standards Board

Andrew Shin, Willis Towers Watson

Jeon Kyung-cheol, Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance

Panel discussion: How to avoid the biggest pitfalls of alternative investments

Philip Yoon, Korean Teachers' Credit Union

Suh Woncheol, Government Employees Pension Service

Yang Bongjin, Korea Investment Management

Richard Morrow, AsianInvestor

Nam Chae-woo, Korea Capital Market Institute

Alastair Hills, AsianInvestor

Asset owners, asset managers and industry service providers gathered at the Conrad hotel in Seoul for the event.

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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board hires Asia head of relationship investments; DBS Private Bank's head of fund selection to leave; Citi Private Bank appoints head of India investment products; Raffles Family Office names Greater China head; Ninety One relocates fixed income fund manager; First State Investments names non-executive director, and more.

Moves

Jul 31, 2020

Staff Reporters

Jin Liqun is re-elected to a second term as president of AIIB; Franklin Templeton confirms new CEO and restructures Apac management team; Cbus names new CEO; Manulife names general manager for Asia emerging markets; AllianzGI builds out multi-asset team in Asia Pacific, and IQ-EQ hires business development director.

Alternatives

Aug 5, 2020

Richard Morrow

Experts believe the Korean pension fund could be ramping up internal staff to bring equities and fixed income inhouse, while focusing its external investing on alternatives.

Partner Content

Jul 27, 2020

Eastspring Investments

This is the second of six articles in Eastspring’s Asian Expert Series, which explores the future of Asia post Covid-19. While the outbreak accelerated many of the technological shifts that were already underway prior to the pandemic, we identify five key trends that will reshape the global landscape and the role Asia will play.

Asset Owners

Aug 2, 2020

Richard Newell

In an environment where investing in a few large cap stocks is the key to outperformance, fund managers who are truly active and still outperform will gain appeal, industry experts say.

Partner Content

Jul 29, 2020

Northern Trust

A global survey of 300 investment managers reinforces the value of ‘whole office’ solutions for achieving greater efficiency and resiliency in investment operations.

Asset Owners

Aug 6, 2020

Jaycee Man

With interest rates treading at record low levels, Muang Thai Life's research head and four industry specialists outline how insurers can best cope with even lower for longer rates.

Asset Owners

Aug 3, 2020

Joe Marsh

Effective use of data can help asset owners improve returns, reduce costs and gain an edge when bidding for assets – even helping to undercut rivals, as one sovereign fund has shown.

Asset Owners

4 days ago

Joe Marsh Richard Morrow

AsianInvestor identifies 20 individuals who made a real difference among asset owners over the past 20 years. We focus on Clara Chan, CIO for private markets at HKMA, and Kevin Bong, director of economics and invesment strategy at GIC.

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11 hours ago

Richard Morrow Joe Marsh

AsianInvestor profiles 20 of the asset owner executives who have had an outsize impact over the past 20 years. Today's duo is Benjamin Deng of China Pacific Insurance and CPPIB's Suyi Kim.

Asset Owners

11 hours ago

Joe Marsh

Even some sophisticated asset owners are wary of rushing into using artificial intelligence-based investment tools and see them as unproven for boosting returns.

Asset Owners

13 hours ago

Hugo Cox

Pension funds such as Hesta and CSC want to add infrastructure assets but Australia is fast becoming less fertile ground for such investments, especially those with an ESG element.

Asset Owners

1 day ago

Jolie Ho

Taiwan's biggest insurer braces for challenges as it increases its exposure to foreign bonds and dividend-yielding stocks ahead of the upcoming new capital regime.

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