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Alternative credit: Diversifying the drivers of risk and return

In partnership with Nuveen

As AI-driven concentration risk reshapes direct lending, Nuveen's latest insights explore how institutional investors in Asia Pacific (Apac) are building genuine diversification across alternative credit – without accumulating hidden risk. The key is to create more resilient portfolios by moving beyond concentrated direct lending toward energy infrastructure credit and real estate debt.

Alternative credit: Diversifying the drivers of risk and return

Korean allocators prioritise quality in alternative asset shift

Kristina Shperlik

Aug 9, 2026

Amid macroeconomic headwinds and changing regulations, institutions focus on active management and asset recovery.

Korean allocators prioritise quality in alternative asset shift

Multi-asset investing demands agility beyond traditional portfolios

Kristina Shperlik

Jul 29, 2026

As stock-bond correlations change, allocators tap liquid alternatives, systematic hedging and AI infrastructure.

Multi-asset investing demands agility beyond traditional portfolios

Apac investors bypass defence tech amid structural barriers

Kristina Shperlik

Jul 27, 2026

Target allocations to defence have stalled due to ESG mandates, illiquidity and scarcity of scaled assets.

Apac investors bypass defence tech amid structural barriers

Multi-asset investors pivot to private markets as stock-bond hedges fail

Kristina Shperlik

Jul 22, 2026

With equities and bonds more frequently moving in tandem, institutions are looking beyond traditional balanced frameworks, turning to liquid alternatives and real assets to drive returns.

Multi-asset investors pivot to private markets as stock-bond hedges fail

Emerging tech lags as investors chase AI's immediate returns

Kristina Shperlik

Jul 22, 2026

Frontier innovations like blockchain and quantum computing remain sidelined in Asia's institutional portfolios due to unpredictable returns, conservative risk mandates and operational execution gaps.

Emerging tech lags as investors chase AI's immediate returns

Korean allocators balance private markets with short-term equities

Kristina Shperlik

Jul 21, 2026

As Korean institutions commit to a decade-long expansion in private assets, growing liquidity risks and strong public market performance are shaping a more structured approach to allocation.

Korean allocators balance private markets with short-term equities

Allocators overhaul portfolios with surge into private markets

Kristina Shperlik

Jul 8, 2026

AsianInvestor Insights from asset owners in Hong Kong show that as macro shifts and US concentration challenge traditional assets, institutions are diversifying to build long-term resilience.

Allocators overhaul portfolios with surge into private markets

Investors target Japan, SE Asia as 'selectivity' defines private market flows

Heather Ng

Jul 8, 2026

APAC allocators are recalibrating their portfolios to focus on compelling valuations, the infrastructure boom and a rising regional appetite for private credit, according to a report by Preqin.

Investors target Japan, SE Asia as 'selectivity' defines private market flows

Korea's Military Pension Fund prioritises liquidity discipline

Lucas Cacioli

Jul 5, 2026

The fund's manager warns that liquidity risk — not AI concentration — may be the greater structural threat to Korean institutional portfolios as private market allocations expand.

Korea's Military Pension Fund prioritises liquidity discipline

APAC institutions lead global push into private markets

Kristina Shperlik

Jun 23, 2026

Investors are turning to AI and a booming secondary market to navigate a prolonged liquidity crunch, according to State Street’s 5th annual global private markets study.

APAC institutions lead global push into private markets

APAC's next cycle: AI, ETFs and alternatives reshape investor playbooks

In partnership with J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Investor preferences are shifting quickly, but not always in the same direction. Asia Pacific (APAC) remains a region of sharply different market structures, distribution models and regulatory regimes, which means what works in one market may not translate cleanly to the next. Dan Watkins, CEO for Asia Pacific at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, says the job for asset managers is to stay close to how decisions are being made amid the increasing role of AI, active ETFs and private markets…

APAC's next cycle: AI, ETFs and alternatives reshape investor playbooks