The largest asset owners across Asia Pacific have a lower allocation to alternatives, but a new portfolio construction approach could help change that.
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Pension funds have been actively considering sovereign green bonds issued by the Indian government, according to the CEO of India's HDFC Pension Management Company.
Only two in five investors consider biodiversity in investment decision-making, according to a recently released report. Asia lags the rest of the world in this aspect, one industry expert noted.
Despite waning demographics in parts of the region, Asia Pacific’s share of global assets under management is likely to increase, according to a WTW expert.
A newly announced plan by UK pension funds to make allocations to global private equity markets could see funds allocated to Asia directly or indirectly, experts told AsianInvestor.
Amid a challenging global environment, India’s markets are a favoured investment destination for some of the world’s largest pension funds.
An update to the Canadian pension fund's proxy voting guidelines on gender diversity in corporate boardrooms will affect emerging markets, including Asia.
Expect sovereign funds and pension funds to set up offices in Asia and regional institutions to further boost their presence overseas as they hunt for investment opportunities.
Public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds are too often seen as political footballs - it's high time their investment professionals were allowed to just do their job.
With unstable markets and a relatively low yen, the Japanese corporate pension fund faces plenty of challenges — but a multi-pronged investment strategy for next year is taking form.
Family office investors in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore are wading deeper into digital assets, but Australian pension funds remain focused on blockchain tech more broadly.
Surging interest rates resulted in a liquidity crisis for UK pension funds, but other systems in the Netherlands and Asia aren't likely to meet the same fate: APG, fund managers
