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Opinion
6 Oct 2026
Through the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum Action Plan 2026–2030 and a recent London investment roadshow, regional regulators are positioning Southeast Asia’s markets as a more coherent and investable destination for global institutional capital.
Asset Owners
5 Oct 2026
South Korean authorities are leaning toward retaining the 70 per cent cap on risky assets in retirement pensions. Market volatility has slowed a reform push that had aimed to give savers more room. For managers, the near-term product and allocation story stays inside the existing framework.
Opinion
5 Oct 2026
Vietnam’s stock-market status upgrade is opening the door to a larger fund-management industry. The State Securities Commission and local industry voices are stressing the other side of that door: stronger products, governance, risk management and a deeper institutional investor base. Assets have grown fast. Structure has not fully caught up.
Opinion
29 Sep 2026
Global asset-owner surveys still show net positive intentions for private credit, but the intensity has cooled from last year’s peak as valuations and selectivity move up the agenda. In Asia, institutional capital continues to build dedicated Asia private-credit capacity even while global programmes become more disciplined. The investment question is underwriting quality, not whether the asset class remains open.
Opinion
29 Sep 2026
IFM Investors, the Australia-based manager of global pension capital, has opened a Singapore office to originate and execute diversified credit across South and Southeast Asia. Near-term deployment into the region is targeted in the US$250–300 million range, with a longer-term aim to rebalance a larger private-credit book toward Asia. Part of the firepower is backed by an Australian government commitment into IFM’s Asia-Pacific debt capabilities.
Asset Owners
25 Sep 2026
The Marsh Global Asset Owner Barometer 2026, covering 430 owners with about US$5.8 trillion in assets, finds infrastructure the strongest net allocation intention for the coming year. Inflation-linked assets and emerging-market equities follow. Cash has flipped from net reduction plans to a clear net increase, restoring optionality after a year of tighter liquidity preferences.
Opinion
21 Aug 2026
An unprecedented structural alliance between top-tier tech architecture and the world's largest credit managers is redefining alternative asset classes. The sudden capital mobilisation reveals an intense infrastructure allocation gap across institutional portfolios.
Opinion
20 Aug 2026
The systemic reliance on historical correlation datasets creates severe capital exposure for global portfolios. Traditional diversification formulas fracture completely during macro shocks, demanding a shift to multi-dimensional analytics.
Asset Owners
18 Aug 2026
A granular analysis of recent public corporate disclosures across prominent alternative lending vehicles reveals an abrupt cyclical down-turn. Rising non-accrual loan rates require an immediate re-evaluation of mid-market underwriting metrics.
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