The article on private equity in this issue may lead people to conclude that the asset class is in poor shape. The figures are there after all. But it’s a situation that’s actually long overdue. An ...

Passive investing in the fixed income space has undergone a significant evolution in the past decade. Not only has the number ...

Among the slew of mergers and acquisitions involving Singapore companies this year, none has drawn the kind of attention like German insurer Allianz’s S$2.2 billion (US$1.7 billion) proposed buyout of ...

Over the past quarter century, private equity in Asia Pacific has grown from what used to be described as a cottage industry to what might today be internationally perceived as the third pillar of the ...

Artificial intelligence and climate-related investments have become a draw for investors in Taiwan, fuelled by the island’s vibrant semiconductor industry and growing public awareness of environmental ...

French asset manager Amundi has promoted Florian Neto to head of investment for Asia. He will be responsible for overseeing the company’s investment activities across the region, excluding Japan, ...

Japan’s Government Pension Investment (GPIF) lost 9.13 trillion yen (US$59.95 billion) on investments in the second quarter of its current financial year as a huge selloff in domestic stocks led to ...

Malaysia’s civil service pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP) has promoted Nazaiful Affendi Zainal Abidin to a newly-created position as chief strategy and services officer. Nazaiful has worked ...

The data shows that every major category of limited partner, across endowments, foundations, insurance companies, private pension funds and public pension funds, has raised their average allocation to ...

Japan’s Dai-ichi Life Insurance was the sole buyer of the first biodiversity bond issued by the Asian Development Bank, a ...

Three Korean alternative investment managers have won Korea Post’s tender for a 150 billion won (US$112 million) domestic ...

Hiromi Yamaji, group chief executive officer of the Japan Exchange Group, which operates the Tokyo bourse, said at a recent press conference that as a big and stable economy, Japan is “on top of the ...