India

The US–India Science & Technology Endowment Fund is backing AI, quantum, and advanced materials, while exploring new partnerships to scale its impact.

A combination of government support, hyperscaler demand and a growing willingness among investors to share risk is transforming nuclear into an investable infra opportunity.

ART commits $3bn to property; KWAP reappoints BNY as custodian; Income Insurance awards $8.6bn FX mandate to Russell Investments; and more.

Generation Life appoints chief risk officer; AFCA names lead superannuation ombudsman; State Street names APAC, Middle East, Africa, ETF capital markets head; and more.

Taiwan’s ascent, powered by the AI-driven surge in chip stocks, has reshaped the region’s market hierarchy and raises questions about concentration risk, capital flows and the durability of the current tech cycle.

Despite abundant capital, Asia’s energy transition is facing an execution crunch driven by a severe lack of bankable projects and modern grid infrastructure.

The development institution wants to draw private capital for green energy investment through equity platforms and mezzanine financing.

Foreign investors are reallocating toward AI-linked and cheaper emerging markets, while rupee weakness compounds equity losses.

Mega managers are pulling away, smaller funds are running out of road, and the rules of generating returns have changed for good.

As regulators tighten standards and LPs demand clearer attribution, the sovereign-backed manager is embedding ESG controls into its legal frameworks, governance processes and portfolio-wide data systems.

The CIO of India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund says ESG is becoming more relevant to underwriting and exits, even as the industry struggles to prove which interventions create measurable value.

Mephezalea has reduced its exposure to fixed income and moved the allocation towards Infrastructure Investment Trusts, which it says is a higher-yield alternative of the same credit quality.