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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority appoints heads of alternatives and Asia Pacific; AXA Hong Kong and Macau promotes head of investment and solutions; the Philippine Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) elects president; AIA Singapore appoints chief partnership distribution officer; Australian Unity appoints new chair; LegalSuper hires from ART; and more.

Singapore’s Temasek leads a fundraiser of about $150 million for China’s JAKA Robotics; California Public Employees’ Retirement System makes an investment loss of 6.1% in the latest fiscal year; Korea’s NPS is under pressure from the authorities to help shore up the won; and more

Sumitomo Life Insurance hands $22 billion foreign corporate bond mandate to US-based Symetra; Singapore’s GIC ups stake in India-based Phoenix Mills with $50 million new capital injection; Eight Taiwan pension funds report total investment loss of $8.4 billion from January through May; and more

Singapore’s GIC teams up with Dutch pension fund APG to acquire a substantial stake in hospitality brand The Student Hotel valued at $2.22 billion; Omers Infrastructure plans to take over Australian mobile tower assets developer Stilmark for undisclosed sum; Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund reported an 18% decline in gross investment income for Q1 2022; and more.

India's insurance industry to hit $280 billion by 2020; Japan's PM commits to raise retirement age to 65; Korea's NPS makes just 0.9% returns in 1H; Kwap of Malaysia sees CIO shift to take over LTAT, Korea Post seeks to brush up on cryptocurrencies and more.

The $20 billion state pension fund is in touch with a growing number of asset managers about the possibility of expanding its international portfolio beyond bonds and equity ETFs.

The country's public sector employees' pension fund is among the cornerstone investors for the infrastructure PE vehicle.

The Government Services Insurance System switches global custodians to JP Morgan from Citi.

The amount represents the balance from the $1 billion that the Government Service Insurance System has already earmarked for overseas investments.

State pension fund GSIS says the two fund management companies scored the highest on competitiveness, transparency and investment proposals for the $1 billion overseas mandate.

GSIS says the investment mandate could be spread to up to three international fund managers; winner/s to be named by the second week of October.

Offshore investment has been done before but will not happen under the current economic circumstances.