AsianInvestor team

State Super chief investment strategy officer to retire; Cbus Super private equity head to join ROC Partners; CBRE names MD, data centre head; and more.

Sovereign wealth and pension funds are expanding across borders, while governance reforms and regulatory scrutiny reshape investment markets in Southeast Asia.

Institutional investors are moving away from benchmark-led investing as market concentration, geopolitical uncertainty and volatility push allocators towards active management, alternatives and integrated public-private market strategies, according to a survey by Schroders.

Apac insurers, less optimistic about the global economic environment compared to their global peers, are turning to private debt, external partnerships and AI to handle complex liabilities, a new BlackRock survey finds.

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan appoints Apac head; Philippines' SSS names president and CEO; and more.

While the NPS elected to sit out equity market fluctuations, Danantara actively intervened to cushion the market from the threat of an MSCI downgrade.

In climate finance, public guarantees can mitigate investment risks, but they cannot turn a flawed project into an investment that can generate sustainable returns, warns Moody's Ratings.

Equip Super rejigs senior leadership with CFO set to depart; MLC Super creates general manager roles for portfolio delivery and employer superannuation; and more.

State-owned investors in India, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand are ramping up allocations towards domestic strategic assets, digital infrastructure, deep tech, and ESG initiatives.

Australian super fund Hesta appoints two general managers; Monetary Authority of Singapore rejigs senior leadership; Temasek announces leadership of unified asset management platform; and more.

This week, we saw Danantara backing US energy, Nuveen completing its Schroders acquisition and AirTrunk expanding its regional data centre footprint, as well as new commitments to private real estate debt and active bond mandates.

Great Eastern appoints managing director; Allianz Insurance Singapore hires CEO; DWS names regional Apac head; and more.