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AustralianSuper to more than double its private equity allocation; Korea's Mirae Asset set to acquire luxury hotel portfolio from Anbang of China; Japan's GPIF plans a new system for potential index benchmarks; Poba of Korea hires five funds for $250 million private debt mandate; Taiwan's financial regulator to raise capital cost of bond ETFs and more.

The approaches to downside protection vary, but in Asia and the US they include paring illiquid holdings and increasing allocations to unconstrained and low-volatility strategies.

The country's elimination of limits on qualified foreign institutional investor and RQFII investments is welcome and could help encourage better governance and transparency.

Australian supers foreign equity holdings surge; Japan's Dai-Ichi Life cuts stocks in big investment shift; Korea's Teachers Pension hires new CIO, NPS sees over 100 investment staff leave after 2016 HQ shift; Malaysia's EPF suffers record income drop and more.

Poorly performing superannuation funds set to close; First State Super to ramp up local loan investments; Hong Kong's HKMA buys into Sydney project; Korea's NPS enjoys strong second quarter; Korean insurers suffer as duration gap grows; and more.

Asset owners in the country are varying their private equity investing plans, with some focusing on strong partners and others beginning to concentrate on deals at home to cut risk.