Senior executives from HSBC Life, YF Life and MSIG China highlighted how insurers are managing geopolitical risks, interest rate shifts and regulatory pressures.
China
From the transition to a risk-based capital regime to the nuances of private markets, insurers are extending duration and seeking alpha to survive a low-growth era and navigate the differing logics of Hong Kong and mainland China’s solvency frameworks.
The APAC region's exchange-traded fund market closed 2025 at a record $2.43 trillion, powered by China’s fixed-income boom and surging demand for gold.
China’s latest top-level policy meetings reveal a pivot toward stability and self-reliance, as Beijing sets its slowest economic growth target in decades.
Investor confidence in Asia Pacific real estate is rebounding as stabilising interest rates and inflation drive clarity.
China is no longer being passively inherited through emerging market benchmarks, but it is not being tactically sidelined either.
Global allocators are redesigning how China sits inside emerging market portfolios, with benchmarks capturing only a fraction of the world's second-biggest equity market.
Deputy CIO Bill Lu said the insurer is reinforcing its two-layered strategy—balancing bonds and equities, while expanding into gold and global markets.
Pension assets worldwide surged 9.6% to $68.3 trillion in 2025, with Japan and Australia ranking among the world’s largest markets, a new report says.
Deflationary pressures, property overhang and industrial overcapacity are steering capital into structurally resilient tech niches and Chinese government bonds.
Canadian pension La Caisse reportedly selling $1.5 billion in Chinese PE assets; Indonesian SWF Danantara eyes investment in national stock exchange; and more.
Future Group names new CIO in reshuffle; IFM Investors taps investment research head; and more.
