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Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Trust opens US office

July 6, 2020

Schroders acquires majority stake in Hong Kong real estate investment manager Pamfleet

July 6, 2020

M&A: Schroders says all 19 professionals at Pamfleet, which will be renamed Schroder Pamfleet, to stay with the company

Indonesia may take bank regulation away from OJK and return to central bank, report says

July 6, 2020

Regulation: Indonesian President Joko Widodo is reportedly unsatisfied with OJK's performance during the coronavirus crisis

PE Panorama: Oxford paper dumps all over private equity’s returns claims

July 6, 2020

Private Equity: Analysis by Ludovic Phalippou of Oxford’s Said Business School shows asset class’s returns claims are highly inflated

Thailand's Super Savings Fund likely attracted 10 billion baht by end-June, report says

July 3, 2020

Market Access: The Association of Investment Management Companies is hoping the investment period for the fund can be extended

Japan’s Dai-ichi Life the main buyer of US$175 million Covid-19 vaccine bond

July 3, 2020

Insurance: The bonds are issued by IFFIm, which will use the proceeds to develop vaccines against Covid-19

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June 2020 VOL.25 NO.7

The capital swamp

To offer a perspective on a clutch of perspectives on the post-coronavirus world, I’d like to skip over the crisis entirely and revert to a 2017 Harvard Business Review paper titled “Strategy in the Age of Superabundant Capital”.

Terms of endurement

Humankind has made huge strides in technology. Big data and data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning are being used in various daily applications and industries. But when it comes to retirement schemes, we appear to be stuck in the past.

Bonds beckon

Foreign participation in China’s onshore bond market could increase sharply over the long term as RMB-denominated bonds are added to international benchmarks, according to a senior executive at State Street Corporation.

A standout amid crisis

Following a decade long run-up in asset classes, pension funds and other key institutional investors had been positioning themselves defensively in anticipation of a market correction even before the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic and national lockdowns to control the spread of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

A need to step up

Malaysia’s corporate governance has undergone some significant changes to address the weaknesses exposed by the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.

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