Asset Owners

Major institutional investors across Asia are pouring capital into AI-linked infrastructure, expanding pension platforms and exploring new investment opportunities, while regulators revamp frameworks to support evolving capital flows.

In an exclusive interview with AsianInvestor, the sovereign investor's chief talked about how the fund is responding to heightened global risks and the challenges of AI.

South Korea plans to broaden the sovereign wealth fund's mandate with a KRW20 trillion strategic investment vehicle focused on critical industries.

As structural shifts replace globalisation with regionalisation, insurers are adapting strategic allocations through stricter risk management and shorter investment tenors.

Private market investments are accelerating drug discovery and capitalising on the burgeoning silver economy in the region.

Other active investment strategies, including credit and arbitrage, also performed strongly, while strategic tilting and real assets underperformed.

The Singapore single family office is focusing on structural shifts in technology and consumption rather than chasing the market’s latest investment theme.

First Super confirms CEO; NZ Super names head of strategic tilting; HKMA appoints general counsel; IFM Investors hires executive director; and more.

The National Pension Service is expanding its responsible investment framework into private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and asset managers are stepping up investments in Apac data centres as AI fuels demand for digital infrastructure.

By swapping government bonds for bullion, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices are hoping to protect their portfolios against falling currencies.

Demand signals from pension pools and insurers are key to unlocking Asia’s transition finance market as allocators move beyond niche ESG strategies towards comprehensive portfolio decarbonisation.