10/28/2022
Philippine pension fund SSS to extend coverage to cooperative members
The SSS provides social security coverage and manages the retirement savings of private sector employees, the self-employed and overseas Filipino workers.
Alternative Investments
10/28/2022
Bahrain, Hong Kong alternatives firms form US$500 million Greater Bay Area fund
The Greater Bay Area comprises Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in China’s southern Guangdong province, with a total population of over 70 million holding roughly 3 trillion RMB ($440 billion) of investable assets.
10/28/2022
BOCHK Asset Management launches BOCHK All Weather China New Dynamic Equity Fund
The Fund is offered with Hong Kong dollar, US dollar and Renminbi (hedged) share classes, with minimum subscription amounts of HKD10,000, USD1,000 and RMB10,000 respectively.
10/26/2022
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund launches two new Target Maturity Index Funds
The minimum initial investment in the funds will be Rs. 5,000/- and multiples of Re. 1/- thereafter.
10/25/2022
Asante Capital Group Strengthens Strategic Focus In Asia
Strong Talent and Continued Investment in Hong Kong Office Enhance Asian GPs’ Connections with Global Capital
10/24/2022
Mubadala, KKR enter into a strategic partnership to invest in private credit in Asia Pacific
The Partnership represents a key milestone for both organizations, as it strengthens Mubadala’s exposure in the rapidly growing APAC credit market, while enabling KKR to significantly scale its APAC credit platform.
10/21/2022
Apollo targets Asia’s rich from Singapore in retail ramp up
“They don’t have alternatives to public markets that are much less volatile but give nice stable returns,”
10/20/2022
Colonial First State introduces new platform
"Over the past decade, we have seen a significant reduction in the number of registered financial advisers and a fall in the overall number of Australians who are able to access financial advice."
10/19/2022
Greensill Investors Look to Australia Case for Direction
Among insurers, Japan's Tokio Marine is playing a key role, with the main insurer of the Greensill funds not expecting to have to pay out anything.
10/19/2022
Singapore-based insurtech bolttech secures Series B investment to continue the company’s rapid global growth
bolttech has achieved rapid growth since its inception in 2020.
10/19/2022
Korea Post hires Brookfield, Macquarie for US$200 million infrastructure mandate
The government postal agency chose the Canadian firm and US alternatives investment manager Ares Management Corporation for a $200 million global infrastructure debt mandate in May.
10/19/2022
Malaysia pension fund KWAP eyes impact investments to raise private market exposure
KWAP, which manages the retirement savings of civil servants, had 159 billion ringgit (US$33.74 billion) of total assets under management as of end-2021.
10/19/2022
Standard Chartered GBA Business Confidence Index continues to drop
This in turn prompted corporates to turn more cautious towards the Q4 outlook - the expectations index for business activity fell 2.6 points to 49.9 in Q3 from 52.2 in Q2, below the 50-neutral mark for the first time in nine quarters, indicating there is
10/18/2022
AMP launches market-first retirement solution – MyNorth Lifetime
Super and retirement
10/17/2022
Norges Bank expects more companies to set supplier-emissions targets
The lack of quality emissions data remains a hindrance as the fund seeks to make investment and ownership decisions, said Mohn, although some progress is being made.
10/17/2022
Japanese Interest in Credit Suisse's Securitization Business
According to Credit Suisse, the SPG division is highly profitable and includes $20 billion in risk-weighted assets and about $75 billion in leverage exposure.
10/17/2022
T Rowe Price’s Thomson views current bear market as once in 300-year event
T Rowe Price's head of international equities and chief investment officer also discusses the firm's plans for its China WFOE.
10/13/2022
Apollo Strengthens Asia Pacific Footprint with New Office in Mumbai
CEO Marc Rowan Participated in a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Commemorate the Opening
10/11/2022
Malaysia’s Equitiestracker unit Smart Wealth wins fund management licence
Equitiestracker was established in 1976.
10/07/2022
Malaysia’s Permodalan Nasional plans to add infrastructure assets to portfolio next year, report says
He says PNB has set up a small team for infrastructure strategy, and that it will expanded once the company starts investing in the asset class.