Asia Pacific

  • Manulife IM makes first direct property purchase in Australia

    14 April 2025

    Logistics building in Sydney is already fully let

  • Treasury yield spikes may reflect investors' economic downturn fears, AllianzGI says

    11 April 2025

    Yield increases "counterintuitive" alongside equity volatility

  • Zurich Australia appoints new CIO

    11 April 2025

    Yile Chen promoted to top investment role

  • Manulife IM and Aberdeen spell out China's options after Trump's steep tariffs

    10 April 2025

    "Monetised stock market support" one possibility, says Aberdeen Investments

  • Comment - A good time for insurers to divest Japanese cross-shareholdings?

    09 April 2025

    In turbulent times, major Japanese insurers are trying to work out what price is fair, to unwind significant 'keiretsu'

  • Comment: China's regulator picks one helluva day, to promote Chinese insurers' shareholdings

    08 April 2025

    The 'average' insurer will be able to have up to 30% in shares under new rules

  • APAC Weekly - 'How to Spend It': Japan's authorities allocate most 'green bond' proceeds to climate adaptation

    08 April 2025

    Insurers are prominent lenders to Japan's local authorities through issues of green bonds

  • Chinese regulator raises insurers' equity ratio limits and VC fund ceilings

    08 April 2025

    "National strategic emerging industries" are in the NFRA's sights

  • No clear path for countries' tariff negotiations, investors and managers say

    07 April 2025

    Tariff calculation methodology means volatility is here for a while and is more about trade deficits than unfair tariffs

  • Chinese regulator lays down rules for major PE investing by insurers

    07 April 2025

    The NFRA also called upon insurers to bolster their equity investment decision-making procedures

  • Dai-ichi Life to add AUD 131.4bn to assets in Australian M&A

    07 April 2025

    Japanese group plans buying stake in Challenger from MS&AD

  • Nippon Life joins GIIN

    04 April 2025

    Japanese group has JPY 500bn target for impacting investing by 2030

  • Tokio Marine unit names Mitsubishi in latest $1.3bn strategic-stake sell-off

    03 April 2025

    Insurer will use proceeds for "solving social problems and other growth areas"

  • Aberdeen predicts yen and gold to benefit as Asia "bears the brunt" of Trump's trade war

    03 April 2025

    Tokio Marine AM watching US asset prices for after-effects of tariffs

  • Nippon Life begins direct lending to decarbonising companies

    01 April 2025

    Japanese lifer collaborating with Asuene