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.
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Philippines' GSIS partners with JIC to improve valuations and risk assessments; Aware Super and TelstraSuper set to merge in next two months; NPS signs MOU with Allianz Global Investors; and more.
Investor confidence in Asia Pacific real estate is rebounding as stabilising interest rates and inflation drive clarity.
Norway's SWF excludes India's Adani Green Energy from its portfolio; Australia's Aware Super scraps restrictions on high-carbon companies' investment; and more
China is no longer being passively inherited through emerging market benchmarks, but it is not being tactically sidelined either.
Capital is flowing out of the shadow of the semiconductor cycle and into a diverse array of future-growth industries.
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.
APAC institutional investors are moving up the risk spectrum, targeting 8–12% net IRRs in European infrastructure.
Canadian pension La Caisse reportedly selling $1.5 billion in Chinese PE assets; Indonesian SWF Danantara eyes investment in national stock exchange; and more.
Debate about the future of South Korean shares now centres on whether the country's Value‑Up reform drive can permanently close a longstanding valuation gap.
From Tokyo apartment buildings to student housing in Sydney, real estate watchers are upbeat on the APAC real estate sector this year, although office space remains lacklustre.
Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund plans $1.2 bn fund raising to expand investment; South Korean teachers' pension fund appoints two new advisory firms; and more.
