Tag : schroders

Oct 14, 2020

Institutional investors still believe private asset investing comes with extra challenges, but that the diversification and return benefits make it worth their while. A recent Schroders survey identifies notable increases in interest for real estate debt, infrastructure equity and insurance-linked securities.

Alternatives

Oct 7, 2020

Richard Morrow

The region’s investors want to raise their private equity, private debt and infrastructure property to help raise returns amid a bleaker economic outlook, according to a new survey.

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Aug 25, 2020

Richard Morrow

Investor respondents to a new Schroders survey optimistically anticipate annual investment returns of 11.5% over the next five years.

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May 5, 2020

Schroders

Looking for lessons in the past can be valuable, but Covid-19 poses a unique challenge for the financial system. Schroders looks at the ways private assets will (or won’t) be affected.

Fund Managers

Apr 15, 2020

Joe Marsh

A mass dash out of equities and into cash has come as the IMF unveils bleak economic projections for what it says could be the worst downturn since the Great Depression.

Partner Content

Mar 25, 2020

Schroders

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Jan 19, 2021

Jolie Ho

The Korean public pension fund has split its global public market division and will hire 38 personnel across divisions as it looks to drastically increase overseas investments by 2025.

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Jan 22, 2021

Staff Writers

JP Morgan AM hires Asia head of investment stewardship; Hines appoints Asia CIO; JLL names new India CEO; William Blair IM hires Asia sales head; Colliers appoints new Australia chief; Fidelity moves into private credit; Broadridge adds Apac COO; Nomura adds 20 private bankers in Hong Kong and Singapore and more.

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Jan 13, 2021

Joe Marsh Natalie Koh

The number of lenders reducing their Asian exposure is seen to be growing fast amid the coronavirus crisis, leaving asset managers keen to fill the financing gap.

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Jan 11, 2021

Schroders

Private assets continue to attract capital as investors seek better returns. While private markets can continue to deliver, they will increasingly rely on hard-to-access areas and specialist skills, says Georg Wunderlin, global head of private assets at Schroders.

Asset Owners

Jan 12, 2021

Sara Velezmoro

Experts say the country's debut sovereign wealth fund needs full investing independence to attract international assets, but this appears unlikely according to current plans.

Alternatives

Jan 11, 2021

Natalie Koh

Central bank digital currencies are seen as more stable than Bitcoin, but they are not likely to be traded the way cryptocurrencies or forex are.

Asset Owners

Jan 15, 2021

Jolie Ho

Taiwan’s state pension fund has pledged to regulate external managers more strictly after the bribery scandal, but the additional red tape could turn away some fund houses.

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Jan 13, 2021

FactSet

In today’s fast-paced trading environment, there is growing demand for unique data streams to help guide investment decisions. In a recent webinar, AsianInvestor spoke to experts in the field of alternative data to gain a more in-depth understanding of the latest available options, from geotagging to sentiment analysis through natural language processing, and other unique sources of alpha.

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Dec 18, 2020

Credit Suisse

In a recent webinar, AsianInvestor spoke to top experts on emerging market (EM) corporate debt to get a better sense of the opportunities, risks and rewards that investors should be familiar with. To continue the conversation, we followed up with panelists to further explore some key issues.

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Private assets make up 13.7% of portfolios: Schroders survey

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Global investors target 11%-plus returns, despite Covid-19

Why the Covid-19 crisis is different for private assets

Fund managers underweight all assets over virus fears

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