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February 2021

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According to OneConnect, the collaboration will “facilitate and simplify the ESG disclosure processes of companies listed on SGX”

Singapore Exchange partners with China’s OneConnect to build ESG platform

February 26, 2021

Malaysia fund management assets up 10% in 2020 on bond and stock gains

February 26, 2021
Investments: Bond fund assets jumped 18.41%, twice as fast as equities funds which were up 9.26%

NZ Super appoints Kristy Mactaggart to board of Guardians

February 25, 2021
Government Funds: Mactaggart is a former head of Asia Pacific equity capital markets at Fidelity International

Regnan launches first fund for Asian investors in Singapore

February 25, 2021
Market Access: The fund uses the UN Sustainable Development Goals as its investment lens

Singapore’s ETF assets soar 57% in 2020, market players predict further growth

February 25, 2021
Investments: Kao Shih Teng of Lion Global Investors predicts “exponential growth” of ETF market this year

New Zealand insurer Tower buys NZ$14 million portfolio from ANZ

February 24, 2021
Market Presence: The ANZ portfolio contributed NZ$40 million to Tower’s gross written premium in 2020
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FEBRUARY 2021 VOL.26 NO.2

Getting Back on Track

The Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed a global economic crisis that has had a dramatic impact on all aspects of society and life

Turbocharged by a pandemic

The technology sector has been one of the major beneficiaries of the upheavals from the coronavirus pandemic. As well as high stock valuations and successful initial public offerings, online and internet-based services have seen unprecedented traffic and takeup as the crisis turbocharges technological and commercial changes already under way

The mania continues

Alternative assets, whether public or private, are continuing to attract investor interest as they hunt for yield in a persistently low interest rate environment. Many investors appear to feel there are no alternatives to alternatives in spite of the relatively buoyant performance of equity markets

In bonds we (still) trust: part 2

In the October 2020 issue of Asia Asset Management, we argued against writing off bonds just because yields are in low territory. This is due to bonds having a multi-functional role in capital markets: in the provision of liquidity, preservation of capital, and, indeed, in the supply of income, at least in the case of higher-yielding corporate and convertible bonds

Tapping the intelligence revolution

Named by Nasdaq in September 2014 as an ‘ETF Insider’, Kevin R. Kelly, founder, chief executive officer and managing partner of Benchmark Investment is well known for his thought leadership on markets, e-commerce, 5G and cloud technologies, and retail

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