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The largest retirement funds in the Netherlands and South Korea have formed a landmark partnership to focus on real asset mega-deals. Their investment heads tell AsianInvestor why.

Aberdeen Standard loses Asia equity manager; BNP Paribas AM hires Asia equities trio from Lombard Odier; Lyxor AM loses Japan CEO to Amundi; SocGen names Japan head for Lyxor ETF; Columbia Threadneedle's Tim Jagger passes away; Capital Group hires marketing head for Asia and Europe; BNP Paribas names first global head of investment analytics; Vontobel AM appoints fixed income head.

Taiping Insurance appoints new chairman; Etiqa replaces Singapore chief; Nuveen appoints Japan real estate head; Vontobel opens Singapore office; Aquila Capital names Apac CEO; Neuberger Berman adds new RM; Ocorian poaches fund services trio from Apex; Northern Trust replaces HK client services head; CSOP sells FO business to Carret Private and more.

The country’s planned new sovereign wealth fund is intended to act as a conduit for infrastructure investment, via several investors as well as different investment paths.

The US dollar is currently strong, but economic weakness, minimal rates and a large and rising debt burden could cause it to weaken. How will that affect how asset owners invest?