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Building modern insurance portfolios in Asia Pacific: How to adapt to dynamic markets

In partnership with Aberdeen Investments

A survey in Q1 2025 of more than 70 investors from 50 leading insurers across the region by AsianInvestor, in collaboration with Aberdeen Investments, reveals different routes to tackling new regimes and planning portfolios in a new investment era.

Building modern insurance portfolios in Asia Pacific: How to adapt to dynamic markets

Singlife’s manager selection strategy powers private market expansion

Nishtha Asthana

May 14, 2025

The Singapore-based life insurer's precise approach to private market allocations emphasises manager selection and liability matching over opportunistic returns.

Singlife’s manager selection strategy powers private market expansion

Ping An sole mainland insurer in S&P sustainability yearbook

Lucas Cacioli, Heather Ng

May 14, 2025

The insurance giant's ESG leadership is backed by substantial responsible investments reaching RMB849.9 billion ($118 billion), with a dedicated focus on green, inclusive and social themes.

Ping An sole mainland insurer in S&P sustainability yearbook

Inside Singlife's prudent credit playbook

Nishtha Asthana

Apr 29, 2025

With long-term liabilities to match, Singlife adopts a very disciplined, prudent yet flexible approach to credit allocation, prioritising fundamentals and quality even while seeking yield-enhancing opportunities in private credit.

Inside Singlife's prudent credit playbook

Kotak Life taps India’s emerging REIT and InvIT landscape

Nishtha Asthana

Apr 22, 2025

India based Kotak Life Insurance sees REITs and InvITs as promising alternatives in the expanding investment landscape of the insurer, balancing yield and liability needs through rigorous due diligence and selective exposure.

Kotak Life taps India’s emerging REIT and InvIT landscape

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance China deploys AI to tackle interest rate challenges

Lucas Cacioli

Mar 20, 2025

The insurer is implementing localised AI models to enhance investment decisions, with CIO John Zheng highlighting how this approach addresses the negative spread between 30-year bond yields and insurance liability promises.

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance China deploys AI to tackle interest rate challenges

Manulife appoints new Asia president and CEO

Heather Ng

Mar 18, 2025

Manulife shakes up senior leadership in Asia, naming Steve Finch as Asia president and CEO amid strategic regional changes.

Manulife appoints new Asia president and CEO

CTF Life adopts 'double-materiality' climate approach

Lucas Cacioli

Mar 16, 2025

The Hong Kong insurer is integrating climate risk analytics into investment decisions through a dual-pronged strategy focusing on both impact and financial materiality.

CTF Life adopts 'double-materiality' climate approach

Taiping Re issues groundbreaking Asian catastrophe bond

Heather Ng

Jan 16, 2025

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.

Taiping Re issues groundbreaking Asian catastrophe bond

Weekly Digest: Allianz withdraws offer to acquire Income Insurance; CapitaLand to buy Wingate in Australia

AsianInvestor team

Dec 16, 2024

Allianz withdraws offer to acquire Income Insurance; CapitaLand to buy Wingate in Australia; Cathay Life Insurance buys 50% of Taiwan windfarm from Denmark's Orsted; and more.

Weekly Digest: Allianz withdraws offer to acquire Income Insurance; CapitaLand to buy Wingate in Australia

Income Insurance: What it expects from fund managers on sustainability

Indira Vergis

Nov 19, 2024

The Singapore-based insurer wants to ensure new mandates are aligned in terms of sustainability and decarbonisation, CIO David Chua told AsianInvestor.

Income Insurance: What it expects from fund managers on sustainability

CTF Life eyes renewables bets to back new emission targets

Tracy Hu

Nov 6, 2024

The life insurer is the latest addition to companies to commit to the science-based targets initiative (SBTi) in Hong Kong, a standard that guides companies to set their emission reduction targets.

CTF Life eyes renewables bets to back new emission targets