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The future of asset management in Asia: Spotlight on Taiwan and Japan

As Asia’s asset management landscape evolves, Taiwan and Japan have clear ambitions to become the region’s next major hubs. Christy Chan, senior director, relationship management at ICE in Asia Pacific, explores each market’s path to achieving this goal and compares their strategies with those of the US, the world’s leading wealth management hub.

Playing a bigger game

In response to multiple, concurrent crises, MFS believes investors should look beyond external factors like interest rates and geopolitical risks that are out of their control – and instead adopt an approach that enables them to not just cope, but rise above the current noise and build resilience, says Carol Geremia, President of MFS and Co-Head of Global Distribution.

Why multi-asset credit offers value in troubled markets

Multi-asset credit represents an interesting investment opportunity in today’s environment, with global geopolitics and inflationary concerns making European credit a potentially attractive choice, says Richard Ryan at M&G Investments.

Latest Nuveen survey reveals stronger investor appetite for private assets

The results from survey point to a growing risk-on sentiment among investors, with plans to expand into niche areas of private fixed income.

Private credit’s new frontier: growth lending as a source of diversification

As private credit becomes more common in portfolios amid greater exposure to alternatives, investors want new, satellite allocations with extra alpha and diversification in mind. Growth lending can deliver these goals, according to Xiaying Zhang, Wellington Management’s director of private investments, APAC.

New RFQ protocols make APAC credit trading more efficient

Reverting to voice trading in times of crisis will mean credit traders miss out on key benefits of electronic protocols.

Alternative credit growth story paves way for wider take-up

We consider how alternative credit has evolved, and what these asset classes can provide investors in uncertain times.

Making a more diversified US equities portfolio pay off

At a time of flux in markets and with investors planning their allocations for the year ahead amid a cautious outlook for US interest rates, the modular construction of the Russell US Indexes can enable portfolios to diversify exposure to the US economy’s growth potential with greater precision.

What’s driving the Asia Pacific boom in ETFs?

Greater appetite for fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and products with exposure to forces that could reshape the world economy - like artificial intelligence (AI) and automation - are underpinning demand, says Magnus Cattan, vice president, head of client development for ICE in Asia Pacific.

Survey shows APAC investors eye regional bonds for yield, diversification and stability

Asset owners and managers in Asia Pacific (APAC) are looking to domestic and regional bond markets for portfolio diversification and income, reveals a survey commissioned by State Street Global Advisors’ ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund (PAIF).