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Analysis
16 Oct 2026
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.
Asset Owners
5 Oct 2026
Malaysia’s civil-service pension fund KWAP is looking at retirement-village and senior-economy investments, according to on-record remarks by the second finance minister. In parallel, KWAP has launched Dana Perintis, committing up to RM500 million to Malaysian-focused venture capital and direct early-stage companies. One fund, two sleeves: ageing real assets and domestic innovation capital.
Opinion
2 Oct 2026
The Bank of Japan’s Summary of Opinions from the September meeting, released around 1 October, shows board members debating a faster path of normalisation after the policy rate reached 1.25 per cent, the highest since 1995. For Japanese asset owners the practical question is no longer whether domestic bonds exist as an option. It is whether rising JGB yields and a more active BoJ make home-market fixed income competitive enough to matter inside existing allocation bands.
Analysis
2 Oct 2026
From Tokyo’s policy calendar to private-market under-allocation and another round of private-bank hiring, the week ending 2 October left a clear message for CIOs and heads of allocation. Japan is again a rates-and-governance story, Asia private markets remain structurally under-owned relative to GDP weight, and franchise building in private wealth has not paused.
Asset Owners
2 Oct 2026
Across the region, sovereign, pension and insurance balance sheets are treating gold as portfolio infrastructure: Hong Kong is deepening market plumbing and MPF access paths, Korea has widened reserve implementation tools, and Japanese institutional investors are looking beyond domestic bonds and currency risk. The common theme is diversification under a wider set of macro outcomes.
Asset Owners
1 Oct 2026
Allianz Research data put insurance and pension assets at 47.2 per cent of Singaporean household financial portfolios, against a global average of about 24.8 per cent. Net financial assets per capita ranked fourth globally in 2025. The open question for insurers and asset managers is whether that savings model holds as households move more wealth into securities worldwide.
Asset Owners
29 Sep 2026
The CPF Board will introduce a new investment scheme in 2028 offering simplified, low-cost, diversified life-cycle products from commercial providers. Portfolios will rebalance automatically along a glide path from higher-risk assets toward lower-risk assets as members age, with phased liquidation by a target date. Industry engagement on product specifications is already under way.
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.
Asset Owners
16 Sep 2026
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund continues to operate a four-box listed policy mix, with alternatives limited to 5 per cent inside those boxes. Korea’s National Pension Service has written a 14 per cent alternatives allocation, including private debt, into its 2026 plan. The two funds sit in the same regional coverage universe. Their mandates do not.
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