Global assets under management in 2021 only grew 12% year-on-year in comparison. Alternative assets were a key driver of growth with a 30% increase, while ESG-overlaid assets grew 77%.
MAS appoints chief sustainability officer as Darian McBain steps down; Manish Tibrewal of Tolaram and Maitri family office leaves to start new venture; IFM Investors adds to board; Unisuper hires for equities team; Fidelity Australia appoints new MD; and more
The central bank will invest with global private credit fund managers, marking the extension of the Private Markets Programme (PMP) to the asset class for the first time.
AsianInvestor launches its new weekly column titled 'This week in asset owner history', which looks back at past events and how they have unfolded today.
T Rowe Price hires head of intermediary for Asia from Eastspring; Single family offices seek co-investment partners in Asia Pacific; What Hong Kong’s asset management industry wants from John Lee; Singapore’s MAS posts $5.3 billion loss; Ontario Teachers’ active investing made a $36 billion difference
Investment gains were S$4 billion, down from S$22.8 billion last FY, and a strengthening Singapore Dollar resulted in a negative foreign exchange translation of S$8.7 billion.
ESGpedia, developed by fintech firm Hashtacs (Stacs), is the world’s first government-backed blockchain-based ESG registry that tracks data of this scale across industries.
Experts say the new rules will raise the bar for performance and professionalism in Singapore’s family office industry and attract interest from China, Hong Kong, India, and Indonesia.
Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund to invest $2.72 billion in toll roads; Singapore's MAS tightens tax criteria for family offices; Harvard University's endowment among risk-averse US institutional investors looking to reduce commitments in China; and more.
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.