Asia

Indonesian SWF investment co-head departs; Manulife names new CEO for its Indian Joint Venture; Australia's QBE names new Asia property lead; VFMC appoints new chief finance and risk officer, and more.

Asia’s wealth managers are getting bigger and fewer. After years of rapid expansion, a quiet shake-up is underway that could redraw the region’s independent wealth landscape.

In this new edition of our quick-fire Q&A, AsianInvestor catches up with Shen Tan, managing director at Lazard Asset Management.

The apparent benefits for regional heavyweights including China may be overshadowed by fresh legal uncertainty and the rising volatility created by AI, market watchers say.

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.

A Nuveen survey shows that engagement with AI is particularly strong in Asia Pacific, where 62% of institutional investors see computing power and chips as the greatest opportunity.

Asia’s family offices are embedding music royalties and other niche alternatives more deeply into portfolios, shifting the conversation from short-term diversification metrics to governance, durability and uncorrelated income.

Abu Dhabi SWF Mubadala increases Bitcoin ETF holdings; UniSuper accused of greenwashing; and more.

The region is seeing a structural reallocation of credit on the back of evolving regulation and a growing gap between traditional lenders and borrowers.

NZ Super hires portfolio strategy and research lead; AustralianSuper risk lead joins rival; ART appoints senior portfolio manager; Future Fund investment professional joins Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and more.

After a volatile Year of the Snake, investors enter the new year with fresh optimism as experts spotlight key opportunities ahead.