Corporate pension fund managers often lack formal skills and experience in asset management. A government initiative seeks to change that.
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The world’s last negative-rate market seems close to making an exit. When and how will that happen? AsianInvestor asked investment experts for their take.
The alternatives space has shown increased activity since the nation reopened after COVID-19. The influx comes as a result of both inbound and outbound capital flows, according to managers.
Institutions and family offices are backing real estate for another strong year, despite the prospect of the country’s first interest rate rise since 2007.
The Japanese corporate pension fund is wary about how the standards influence investments, its CIO tells AsianInvstor.
The Japanese government aims to create an “asset management nation” including reforms of corporate pension funds. But not all agree that reforms are universally needed.
Ping An Insurance’s Benjamin Deng believes it’s going to be a ‘multi-year process’ for China to come out of the current development trough, but it won't be 30 years like Japan.
As the relatively new asset owner reaches $70 billion in AUM, the portfolio will gradually focus more on active investments, its co-CIO says.
With alternatives now constituting a larger portion of pension funds' portfolios, they are closely assessing fixed income opportunities, according to a recent survey.
Japanese corporate pension funds are increasingly investing in alternative assets in order to generate income, as the proportion of their portfolios dedicated to domestic assets decreases, a survey shows.
The corporate pension fund is wary of following its peers strategies in the asset class as allocations among Japanese pensions have evolved.
With its relatively small size, the corporate pension fund works hard to draw attention among external managers for its investment needs, its CIO tells AsianInvestor.