Tag : capital

Capital, risk and return: Putting derivatives to work in insurance portfolios

In partnership with BNP Paribas Asset Management

As insurers in Asia Pacific adapt to risk-based capital rules, derivatives can sharpen asset-liability management, offer control of portfolio risks and potentially improve returns, without forcing costly changes to physical holdings, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management’s Arnaud Lebreton, global head of insurance coverage, and Stéphane Marot, head of derivatives for Japan.

Capital, risk and return: Putting derivatives to work in insurance portfolios

Institutional capital anchors space economy in earth-based applications

Heather Ng

Aug 24, 2026

While sovereign programmes and private constellations drive scale, geopolitical and regulatory risks, and heavy upfront capex, shape investor appetite.

Institutional capital anchors space economy in earth-based applications

How India's sovereign-anchored NIIF attracts global capital

Lucas Cacioli

Oct 2, 2025

With a unique governance structure balancing government backing and private sector discipline, NIIF has established itself as the gateway for international investment capital flowing into India's infrastructure and growth sectors.

How India's sovereign-anchored NIIF attracts global capital

China's capital charge cut may boost insurer equity investments

Heather Ng

May 18, 2025

The policy move could drive insurers' equity investments higher, but it also adds risks, requiring careful portfolio management amid market volatility.

China's capital charge cut may boost insurer equity investments

Vietnamese private pension player maps growth strategy

Indira Vergis

Jun 19, 2024

The country's first private and voluntary pension plan player is in active discussions with several companies as it plots an expansion its business, a key executive told AsianInvestor.

Vietnamese private pension player maps growth strategy

GPs play arbitrage amid soaring China valuations

Christina Wang

May 31, 2016

Private equity firms in Greater China are exploiting the valuation differentials between China and markets such as the US, as well as between private and public markets.

GPs play arbitrage amid soaring China valuations

Can asset managers be ‘too big to fail’?

Jame DiBiasio

Apr 5, 2016

The asset-management industry is beset by challenges; we have come up with five we consider the most crucial. First up: the question of systemically important institutions.

Can asset managers be ‘too big to fail’?

James Rothenberg, 1946-2015

Jame DiBiasio

Jul 22, 2015

The chairman of the $1.4 trillion Capital Group Companies has died of a heart attack.

Capital Group eyes Asia retail business

Jame DiBiasio

Jun 29, 2015

The US asset manager is looking at servicing retirement needs in Asia by building a regional retail investment business, Capital Group chairman Jim Rothenberg tells AsianInvestor.

Italy's AZ poised to launch QFII funds

Elva Muk

May 12, 2013

AZ Fund Management says it will launch an equity fund and a pure fixed income fund, while Asia Capital Reinsurance and Taishin Securities Investment Trust have also received QFII licences.

Clarity on QFII tax issue expected in months

Georgina Lee

Oct 31, 2012

There is fear about a mooted 10% tax being applied retrospectively to gains made by QFII investors trading A-shares. Regulators are tipped to unveil answers in the next six months.

Clarity on QFII tax issue expected in months

Market turmoil has mixed impact on Eastern Europe

Simon Osborne

Nov 23, 2011

The ex-Soviet republics have bounced back and there's hope Russia's WTO accession will stir investments. But the closer you go to Europe, the worse it gets, says East Capital CIO.

Market turmoil has mixed impact on Eastern Europe