China's new regulatory body gets chief; China Life Pension names new chairman; India's quasi SWF gets new CEO; Australian Super appoints Europe investments head; JPMAM's Greater China head relocates; and more.
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A co-ordinated investment approach is the most effective way to drive change in Asia, say investors in Europe and Australia.
Increasingly, investors are supplementing — or replacing — data from third parties with their own analysis, senior executives from the two funds told AsianInvestor.
Issuers from the region are leading demand for accreditation by the SDI AOP, an ESG platform launched by four global pension funds recently.
Australia’s largest superannuation fund has signalled concern over global property markets as allocations to the sector fall off.
Costly mixed-use developments with decades-long return horizons still have their backers. Two leading funds tell how they still have an appetite for long-term place-making.
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC is leading a $240 million Series D funding round for open source technology company Grafana Labs; South Korea’s Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund is seeking managers for a $328 million real estate mandate; Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) posted HK$76.2 billion loss in the first quarter of 2022, and more.
Aware Super appoints deputy CIO and head of governance; AustralianSuper promotes chief risk officer to replace Paul Schroder; Raffles Family Office adds two new roles to independent advisory board; Amundi appoints South Asia CEO; Barclays names China chief executive; Zico hires head of advisory in Singapore; Capital Group names head of HK client group; and more
The unwinding of 'financial repression' is seen to be having a big impact on the portfolio risk. Private market investments in particular are presenting fresh challenges.
Some big institutions find index-based investment harder than they expect and should push asset managers to cut fees instead of trying do it themselves, says a State Street executive.
