The launch marks a key step in bringing digital assets into the institutional mainstream, solidifying the asset manager's role in bridging blockchain and traditional finance.
Asia
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to gain ground against traditional mutual funds, with actively managed versions growing fast in what was once a specialised market segment.
The India-based family office is less bullish on the US, Japan and China due to economic and market headwinds.
Some 40% of the region's asset owners plan to increase their allocations to private assets over the next year, with private credit and growth equity emerging as preferred strategies.
With hedge funds, family offices and sovereign wealth funds in Asia leading the charge, institutional capital is flowing into tokenised money markets, DeFi channels and real-world assets.
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Prime Super appoints Alex Proimos as the manager of investment strategy; The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank makes two director hires; L&G taps former UBS AM exec as head of institutional sales for Greater China, and more.
While Nvidia's AI-driven growth may stoke investor appetite for US tech giants' shares, it also amplifies concerns around elevated valuations and portfolio concentration risk.
Retirees will lose if pension fund operators succumb to pressure to keep more investment on the home front, warns a former CIO of Korea’s Public Officials Benefits Association (POBA).
As the US dollar loses strength and tariffs become a relevant factor, Sam Yu, chair of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, highlights a growing trend among investors exploring private credit in new geographies for diversification.
JRT Partners' CIO Tuck Meng Yee sees tactical opportunities across private credit and private equity, while steering clear of overvalued segments and emphasising timing and selectivity.
With assets under management now clocking in at over $200 billion, Taiwan's exchange-traded funds market has catapulted to third spot in the region behind China and Japan.
As asset managers experiment with hybrid intelligence systems and agentic AI, the foundations of investing are being rebuilt with algorithms at the core.
