Asia’s biggest institutional investors ranked

The $34.9 trillion managed by Asia’s 300 largest institutional investors was up very slightly (1.8%) from last year’s figure, with changing market valuations – and particularly currency shifts – having a major impact. Quantitative easing by central banks – designed to create new money, support asset prices and encourage greater spending – was a big factor here. For the first time since AsianInvestor started this survey, China has overtaken Japan as the largest market, with $13.6…