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Pension ambitions, different mandates

Analysis

16 Oct 2026

Pension ambitions, different mandates

Thailand’s proposed overseas expansion, Singapore’s planned CPF life-cycle scheme and the contrasting mandates of Japan’s GPIF and Korea’s NPS show why regional pension opportunities cannot be read from allocation appetite alone.

Asia private credit’s underwriting test

Analysis

14 Oct 2026

Asia private credit’s underwriting test

IFM’s South and Southeast Asian deployment plans and Gaw Capital’s proposed Hong Kong-listed lending vehicle point to broader access to private credit. Archive commentary on spread compression raises a separate question: whether deployment opportunities still offer adequate compensation for risk.

APAC HNW anxiety is high. Comprehensive asset allocation is still rare.

Private Wealth

2 Oct 2026

APAC HNW anxiety is high. Comprehensive asset allocation is still rare.

Lombard Odier’s regional work with more than 390 high-net-worth individuals across eight Asia-Pacific markets finds only about one in five guided by a comprehensive asset allocation strategy, even as more than half express deep concern about market conditions. Confidence in portfolio fitness remains high. Structure is the gap.

APAC family offices led global outperformance. AI is the named direct-investment priority.

Private Wealth

29 Sep 2026

APAC family offices led global outperformance. AI is the named direct-investment priority.

Citi Wealth’s 2026 Global Family Office Report finds Asia-Pacific family offices reporting the highest portfolio outperformance globally, with 26 per cent above 15 per cent year to date. The same cohort shows the most ambitious return targets and the strongest focus on artificial intelligence for new direct investment. Direct-investing participation in APAC is the highest of any region in the survey.

Unconstrained Fixed Income Architectures Must Replace Rigid Benchmark Tracking to Capitalise on Policy Divergence

Opinion

19 Aug 2026

Unconstrained Fixed Income Architectures Must Replace Rigid Benchmark Tracking to Capitalise on Policy Divergence

Global asset managers operating across the Asia-Pacific territory must abandon legacy index-tied bond models to deliver resilient absolute alpha. Untethering asset management platforms from standard public benchmarks emerges as the primary fiduciary mandate required to insulate institutional portfolios from accelerating macroeconomic cross-currents and sovereign credit volatility.

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