Nishtha Asthana

The Abu Dhabi sovereign fund is using partnerships to expand its AI investment while spreading exposure across data centres, language models and applications.

Private credit, secondaries and real assets are becoming established parts of the region's private-market portfolios.

Driven by elevated interest rates, the Singapore single-family office is demanding shorter hold periods, higher commercial maturity and guaranteed paths to liquidity.

Singapore has strengthened its pitch to global asset managers, but the next test is turning policy announcements into clear rules and faster operating processes.

The Hong Kong single family office is deploying AI with founder Johnson Cheng predicting technology could eventually enable a one-person family office.

As demand for private credit cools, regional investors are shifting capital into secondaries and real assets to gain stronger protections and clearer liquidity.

A proposed tax exemption on profit-linked investment returns could strengthen Singapore's appeal to fund managers.

The Singapore single family office is focusing on structural shifts in technology and consumption rather than chasing the market’s latest investment theme.

Japan’s breadth and liquidity are drawing strategic capital, while Korea offers a potentially stronger re-rating, and Taiwan remains a core but concentrated technology exposure.

The revised guidelines aim to keep the city-state competitive while giving wealth managers room to build genuine operational platforms.

Structural flaws in passive indices are giving active managers a chance to reclaim their edge.

Hong Kong-based family office investment arm is carving a niche in direct deals by backing the B2B "shovel-sellers" that power major technological shifts.