As the market eagerly awaits the next policy move from the Bank of Japan, domestic life insurers are assessing their asset allocations, especially in local government bonds, while eyeing other strategies.
As international investors flock to multifamily residential properties in Japan, opportunities are still too good to pass up despite increasingly competitive demand.
While there has been a drop-off in investment activity from investors based in the US and Europe into Asian real estate, Japan is bucking the trend, according to industry experts.
After previously looking in vain at agricultural land as an asset class, the sector has now matured to become more attractive to institutional investors, the pension fund’s CIO tells AsianInvestor.
Pressure on companies does pay off, as Asia's largest utilities companies cooperate with investor demand for action on decarbonisation, a recently released report says.
Japanese corporate pension fund with a high allocation to alternative investments sees selecting external asset managers as crucial for securing the right balance between returns and risks.
We showcase AsianInvestor's best interviews with asset owners in July – a feat that spans the Asia-Pacific region. Key themes are rising rates impacting portfolio shifts, boosting ESG and revamping external manager mandates.
Rising interest rates and a depreciated yen are leading to investment-strategy revamps while a global economic slowdown would hold great opportunities, CIO says.
Turmoil in markets has made for a rough start as the fund reaches full scale. The fund is eyeing investments with active managers as it had an uninvested $19 billion at the end of March.