Active managers need to up their game but remain vital in some markets, delegates heard from Japan Post Bank and others at AsianInvestor’s Institutional Investment Forum in Tokyo.
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Japan’s GPIF recently began paying active managers based on excess returns and cut the fees of underperformers. We asked four experts whether other asset owners will follow suit.
With China's equity markets now harder to ingore than ever before, foreign investors are having to grapple with how to access them.
November's Inside ETFs Asia Conference in Hong Kong will offer world-class insight into the fastest-growing investment product on the market.
More EM fixed income investors are turning to passive approaches as they appreciate the cost-effective and diversified nature of passively managed vehicles such as ETFs, says Matthew J. Arnold of SSGA.
Yet there are indications that demand among private individuals for exchange-traded funds and other index strategies could gain momentum – but that will take time.
Asia's asset owners have taken big strides into passive investing since 2010. Hong Kong's Hospital Authority Provident Fund and Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds explain why and how.
With actively managed funds falling woefully short of their targets, passive products have the chance to finally overcome the reticence of Asian investors. Regulatory changes could help.
Transition managers can look forward to continued growth in demand for advisory services this year, says State StreetÆs Justin Balogh.
