Despite rapid growth and rising institutional interest, Asia’s ETF industry remains fragmented and constrained by regulatory and retail barriers — leaving it far behind the US in scale and accessibility.
Tag : fixed income
In partnership with PineBridge Investments
As we hit the mid-point of the year, uncertainty continues to shape sentiment in the current environment. Across asset classes and markets, investment and portfolio specialists from PineBridge Investments identify what to watch and where to allocate for the rest of 2025.
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to gain ground against traditional mutual funds, with actively managed versions growing fast in what was once a specialised market segment.
With assets under management now clocking in at over $200 billion, Taiwan's exchange-traded funds market has catapulted to third spot in the region behind China and Japan.
Asset owners are rebalancing their fixed-income portfolios as concerns about the global economy and central bank rate moves loom large.
In partnership with Aberdeen Investments
A survey in Q1 2025 of more than 70 investors from 50 leading insurers across the region by AsianInvestor, in collaboration with Aberdeen Investments, reveals different routes to tackling new regimes and planning portfolios in a new investment era.
Washington's deficit spending is raising concerns among investors after Moody's cut its
US sovereign credit rating, citing a fast-growing debt mountain of some $36 trillion.
CIO Jianxin Chen explains how the insurance giant strategically balances short-term opportunities, cyclical market shifts, and long-term stability to navigate the challenging low-interest-rate landscape.
The Karan Thapar family office is fine-tuning its investment strategy, balancing long-duration bonds with carefully selected alternative assets, as it navigates shifting interest rate cycles in pursuit of stable returns.
While Japanese bonds did see a boost from the central banks January rate hike, analysts are expecting investors to favour higher-yielding foreign bonds as fiscal pressures increase.
In partnership with ICE
Greater appetite for fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and products with exposure to forces that could reshape the world economy - like artificial intelligence (AI) and automation - are underpinning demand, says Magnus Cattan, vice president, head of client development for ICE in Asia Pacific.
The Indonesian life insurer maintains long-duration positioning while adapting tactical allocation amid shifting rate cut expectations following the US presidential elections.
