Nishtha Asthana

The insurer’s collaborations with asset managers and data providers are shaped by clearly defined portfolio needs rather than specific deal opportunities, reflecting governance discipline and the operating realities of an insurance balance sheet.

As private credit absorbs a broader retail investor base, attention is shifting from fundraising momentum to how mixed investor structures may behave in a downturn.

The Singapore and Hong Kong-based single family office is prioritising execution speed, ecosystem depth and cross-border access.

Family offices are having a structural rethink of portfolio design around music royalties and other niche alternatives.

Retail and private wealth inflows into private credit are altering scale, pricing and liquidity dynamics across the asset class, forcing institutional investors to adapt.

Gold is no longer being viewed in isolation. Asian allocators are broadening their definition of store-of-value assets while reassessing gold’s role as a strategic portfolio anchor.

As artificial intelligence accelerates through the real economy, the Singapore-based group's principal explains why operational impact and capital discipline matter more than trying to predict technology winners.

US-China controls and currency volatility are not pulling capital out of Asia but they're forcing investors to become more precise, splitting tech exposure by policy alignment and treating FX as a core component of return.

The life insurer prioritises balance-sheet stability and market liquidity over yield-chasing, favouring larger bond issues and benchmark tracking through deteriorating return prospects and elevated hedging costs.

In this new edition of our quick fire Q&A, AsianInvestor catches up with Angel Chia, executive director at Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy.

Capital is ready to flood into the region's climate transition, but too few projects are able to cross the line into bankable reality. British International Investment shares where it is stepping in to make a difference.

The Singapore- and Hong Kong-based firm is approaching the new year with a sharpened focus on extracting value from existing investments, using artificial intelligence to accelerate scale.