Asia’s pension funds should seek small (cap) improvements

Asia’s pension funds are growing. But there is a real concern that they're not doing so fast enough. In North Asia in particular, aging societies mean pension funds need to ensure a steady level of annual returns, to meet mounting future needs. But this is proving to be difficult. As Willis Towers Watson revealed in its annual global pension survey in September, Asia Pacific pension fund assets rose by 2.8% over the course of 2016, less than that of Europe (3.1%) or the US (6.7%).…