Proximity to the Asia Pacific and a supportive regulatory and political environment is luring investors to the sector, with institutions claiming there are sustainability benefits too.
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In partnership with Nuveen
In an interview on the back of the launch of Nuveen’s 2022 EQuilibirum survey of global institutional investors, Nick Liolis, the chief investment officer at TIAA and Amy O’Brien, the global head of responsible investing at Nuveen speak about how insurance companies approach impact investing.
Hesitancy aside, institutional investors eye Australia and Japan as promising geographies for private debt investments within Asia Pacific, with Greater China and Korea on the periphery.
The $1 trillion asset management arm of the US's Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association has added specialist real estate expertise and more client coverage executives.
Overseas investors are flocking to Japanese housing. As the latest deal shows, there is increasing competition within one of the most sought-after real estate markets in Asia-Pacific.
The US firm, recently rebranded from TIAA Global Asset Management, is expanding its sales team and is expected to target Asia’s wholesale market over time.
Achieving a 5% return is impossible from investing in traditional assets alone, says the CIO of Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association. But alternative risk premiums – and fees – have collapsed.
But investors in Europe and the US have stricter criteria than their Chinese counterparts as to what constitutes a green bond.
US-based $850 billion asset manager TIAA has started building an Asia-wide sales team by luring a regional institutional head and two members of his team from Invesco.
