Tag : cbirc

Nov 16, 2021

Regulators are putting banks and insurance firms under pressure to do more to tackle problems such as insufficient risk management, inaccurate information disclosure and inconsistent shareholder management.

Asset Owners

Sep 15, 2020

Jolie Ho

The Chinese financial regulator eased the rules around insurance asset management products, which should hasten their issuance and raise their appeal with other investors.

Asset Owners

Sep 1, 2020

Jolie Ho

The move will ultimately help to improve insurers’ investment performance and enhance corporate governance standards across the entire investment community.

Asset Owners

Apr 7, 2020

Jolie Ho

A new set of rules from the CBIRC will enlarge the investor base for insurance asset management products. This could ramp up investor demand.

Asset Owners

Mar 8, 2020

Jolie Ho

As Beijing seeks to expand its pension system it will need to find ways to simplify how the system is managed, instead of maintaining the set of watchdogs that currently have a say.

Asset Owners

Feb 12, 2019

Staff Reporters

GPIF suffers largest-ever quarterly loss; Korea's GEPS seeks bond ETFs; NZ regulators slam life insurers; BLF fund set to run out of money; UK instos show interest in Chinese stocks, and more.

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Tokio Marine appoints new CEO for Asia region; Ben Rudd made CEO of Prudential Wealth Management; HKEX hires from Prudential; Samsung SRA appoints former KIC infra head as CEO; HSBC Asset Management appoints senior vice president; Morningstar names head of manager research for Europe and Asia; PGIM adds ESG lead for Europe and Asia; Apex Group adds Singapore managing director; and more.

Fund Managers

Jan 11, 2022

Twinkle Zhou Natalie Koh

Asia continues to lag other regions for integrating ESG principles with investing; better data and stronger regulatory requirements will help institutional investors, market observers say.

Fund Managers

Jan 4, 2022

Lucas Cacioli Natalie Koh

Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on economies, more than $1 trillion flowed into ETFs globally in 2021, with a growing number of investors looking to invest in thematic varieties.

Fund Managers

4 days ago

Natalie Koh

Companies in major indices across developed markets will be expected to issue climate-related disclosures and have a third of their boards comprise women by 2023.

Asset Owners

Jan 10, 2022

Staff Reporters

The chair of China Life Insurance is under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and law"; Korea's National Pension Service was found to have been passive with efforts to mitigate climate change; Singapore's NTUC Income plans to spin off insurance business to new company; Temasek leads $300 million funding round alongside Qatar's SWF for Carsome Group; and more.

Family Offices

Jan 6, 2022

Natalie Koh

Digital asset regulation is an ever-evolving area, but there are clues that give away the direction that regulators are taking.

Asset Owners

2 days ago

Staff Reporters

China Life names Yuan Changqing as acting chairman; Future Super hires operations chief; China Life Franklin Asset Management CIO and deputy CEO leave; Willis Towers Watson has hired Kameswara Natakusumah as head of Indonesia; Prudential hires ex-Apac CEO for Allianz George David Sartorel as a non-executive director; Manulife IM hires into multi-asset solutions team in Asia; PineBridge Investments hires from BNY Mellon IM; and more.