Hong Kong

Hostplus names co-deputy CIO; Azalea Investment Management CEO to retire; M&G Investments appoints new CFO; HKEX strengthens leadership team; and more.

GPs are using continuation funds to hold on to high-quality assets with strong growth potential and helping to secure LP interest in a challenging private equity landscape.

Leading family office executives have weighed in on the state of private market fees and performance, as recent data reveals growing investor dissatisfaction with private equity and real estate strategies across Asia Pacific.

Small UK and Australian pension funds make initial Bitcoin investments; ADIA acquires stake in Innocap platform; Mubadala-Getir ownership dispute heats up; and more.

GIC's group CIO to step down; Brighter Super CFO departs after 12 years; FOAHK names new leadership team; Australian regulator appoints new chief executive; Future Fund hires portfolio risk manager; FWD Japan names new CEO; and more.

Taiping Reinsurance's issuance of Asia's first dual-perils, dual-triggers catastrophe bond represents not just a milestone transaction, but signals the dawn of a more sophisticated approach to disaster risk transfer in the region.

Hong Kong pension posts 8.6% return in 2024; AustralianSuper acquires 50% of $858 million warehouse portfolio; Bain Capital matches $1.76 billion Insignia bid; and more.

Continuation funds are emerging as a go-to strategy in private equity, offering a lifeline for GPs to hold onto star assets while meeting LPs’ liquidity needs.

Private equity eyes recovery in 2025, driven by expected rate cuts and renewed risk appetite. Firms are focusing on smaller buyouts, secondaries, and dual-track IPOs as key exit routes.

MetLife Investment Management, the asset management arm of insurance giant MetLife is set to acquire PineBridge Investments from Pacific Century Group.

MetLife Investment Management agrees to buy PineBridge Investments in billion-dollar deal; Sovereign wealth funds increase China investments by 21% to $10.3 billion in 2024; AustralianSuper takes $62 million hit on cobalt miner; and more.

With 2024 having been dominated by geopolitical tensions and global unrest, AsianInvestor reflects on the asset classes that investment managers turned to in the hope of short-term stability and longer-term gains.