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Navigating credit cycles with senior loans: Lessons from 27 years in the market

Senior loans are enjoying renewed attention as high yields and floating rates attract global capital. Christopher Kempton, global head of client portfolio management, Credit Investments Group (CIG) at UBS Asset Management, explains how scale, stability and disciplined credit selection have helped his team capture more upside and less downside through decades of credit cycles — and why the opportunity is timely now.

In conversation: Wellington Management on sourcing alpha amid market concentration

How can investors tackle a landscape of volatile markets, concentrated benchmarks and stock dispersion? Watch this video and read the views of Wellington Management’s Edward Baldini, portfolio manager, and Philip Li, investment director, on the importance of security selection in creating more potential for outperformance than sector allocation.

Rethinking collateral: New approaches to liquidity management

The challenges of modern liquidity management can mean investors are long cash one day and short the next. In response, BNY’s integrated platform gives the buyside a multi-dimensional way to optimise non-cash collateral, helping to save costs and increase operational efficiency.

Electronic marketplaces: evolving protocols for fixed income trading in a changing world

As fixed income markets increasingly embrace electronic protocols, traders are gaining access to deeper liquidity, greater transparency, richer data and enhanced price discovery – all critical ingredients for more effective execution. Mark Bailey, head of product for Tradeweb in APAC, outlines how these evolving tools are reshaping trading behaviour and outcomes.

2025 midyear outlook: experts’ views on cross-asset opportunities for H2

As we hit the mid-point of the year, uncertainty continues to shape sentiment in the current environment. Across asset classes and markets, investment and portfolio specialists from PineBridge Investments identify what to watch and where to allocate for the rest of 2025.

Incorporating climate risk into asset allocation for APAC investors

With financial assets at risk from more frequent and intense natural disasters, Christy Chan, head of APAC client development at ICE, explores the need for APAC investors to incorporate physical climate risk data into a portfolio-wide view of risk exposure and allocation opportunities.

Take a look at the companies shaping China’s economic future

Investors looking to access the China growth story can find targeted exposure through the top 50 domestically listed companies. Here, UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) explores the market positioning and outlook for the five most influential.

Fast forward: Amy Cho on setting a new trajectory for M&G in Asia

In just 18 months, Amy Cho has reshaped M&G Investments’ trajectory in Asia Pacific - deepening institutional partnerships, securing flagship mandates and laying the groundwork for long-term regional growth. Her focus on clarity, client alignment and market expansion has earned her recognition as AsianInvestor’s ‘Best CEO’, spotlighting a leader who is not only accelerating performance, but also redefining what leadership looks like in a fast-evolving investment landscape.

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.