Sourcing income across regions, asset classes and private markets has the potential to improve risk-adjusted returns. Lucy Thomas, Head of Active Multi Asset Investing at UBS Asset Management, explores how Asian investors can redraw the income map by looking beyond domestic markets.
Institutional investors are moving away from benchmark-led investing as market concentration, geopolitical uncertainty and volatility push allocators towards active management, alternatives and integrated public-private market strategies, according to a survey by Schroders.
Apac insurers, less optimistic about the global economic environment compared to their global peers, are turning to private debt, external partnerships and AI to handle complex liabilities, a new BlackRock survey finds.
Asset owners are strengthening downside protection and cash reserves while exercising sharper selectivity in private markets, according to a new industry survey.
Driven by elevated interest rates, the Singapore single-family office is demanding shorter hold periods, higher commercial maturity and guaranteed paths to liquidity.
Insurers and reinsurers across Apac are reshaping their portfolios to secure resilient yields while navigating ongoing geopolitical friction and policy uncertainty.
Regional insurers continue to consider private credit, infrastructure debt and asset-backed finance even as their chief investment officers are increasingly focused on ensuring their balance sheets can withstand periods of market stress.