Stepping up on ESG

This time last year when reporting on Asia Asset Management’s annual Fund Manager Survey, we were reflecting on the changes that Covid-19 had wrought on the way we work, live and invest, and how to navigate the ‘new normal’. A year on, remote working, digitalisation and use of technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence have not only become commonplace but are now key to how businesses need to operate. Adoption of technologies has accelerated at a pace almost unimaginable pre-pandemic

Changjiang Pension Insurance

With the international situation on the cusp of significant change, China has entered into a new journey towards becoming a modern socialist country and still faces increased instability and uncertainty

Headwinds for a fund

Market volatility triggered by the coronavirus pandemic took a toll on Macau’s Social Security Fund (SSF) last year, with investment income falling 9.38%. And subsidies to the fund from the city’s gaming industry dived as travel restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 hit casinos hard

Covid-19, climate change still top agenda

This year’s Asia Asset Management (AAM) Fund Manager Survey drew the participation of 32 asset managers, including 26 which are listed among the top 200 fund managers in Asia by Morningstar Direct

Shaking it up

In the year since Mostapha Tahiri was appointed to head State Street Corporation’s franchise in Asia Pacific, there have been some notable changes shaping the custodian bank’s footprint and coverage. The management structure has been shaken up with new appointments of business heads, including in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, with several more likely to come