Japan

CBus appoints new CTO; Mesirow expands APAC reach with Tokyo office; Merchant Australia names new executives; and more.

Australian Retirement Trust hikes global equities and international bond holdings; Hong Kong and Malaysia bourses launch co-branded large-cap index; Japan’s government fund Cool Japan supports Malaysian insurtech PolicyStreet's Series C funding round; and more.

A decade of excess capital deployed into Asia’s private markets has forced a fundamental repricing of risk and is now defining which managers survive the correction.

As competition weakens protections in the West, Asian private credit is emerging as a structural outlier.

The APAC region's exchange-traded fund market closed 2025 at a record $2.43 trillion, powered by China’s fixed-income boom and surging demand for gold.

Philippines' GSIS partners with JIC to improve valuations and risk assessments; Aware Super and TelstraSuper set to merge in next two months; NPS signs MOU with Allianz Global Investors; and more.

Aware Super appoints head of corporate superannuation team; Swiss Re taps APAC L&H Re business head; and more.

Investor confidence in Asia Pacific real estate is rebounding as stabilising interest rates and inflation drive clarity.

Pension assets worldwide surged 9.6% to $68.3 trillion in 2025, with Japan and Australia ranking among the world’s largest markets, a new report says.

APAC institutional investors are moving up the risk spectrum, targeting 8–12% net IRRs in European infrastructure.

The government-backed investor is backing the US venture firm's ninth fund as part of efforts to connect Japanese startups with overseas capital and expertise for global expansion

From Tokyo apartment buildings to student housing in Sydney, real estate watchers are upbeat on the APAC real estate sector this year, although office space remains lacklustre.