Japan

AsianInvestor has identified 15 exceptional executives from life insurance companies operating in the region. Today, we showcase senior executives from Indonesia's PT Asuransi Jiwa Sequis Life and Japan's Nippon Life Insurance.

US insurance giant eyes PineBridge acquisition outside China; Aware Super commits $1.3 billion to UK real estate; Taiwan's Private School Fund awards global advisory mandate; AIA gets nod for two new China branches; and more.

AustralianSuper expands US team; Rest CIO steps down; BII names new CEO; Natixis IM hires fixed income chief for SG; abrdn names Japan real estate head; MSCI names new head of APAC client coverage; and more.

Japan is benefitting from the region’s recovering real estate allocations, attracting residential and logistics allocations from institutional investors. Can it last?

Against a war-torn global backdrop, executives at the Norwegian pension fund and Japanese brewer Kirin talk about their exits from businesses operating in Gaza, Myanmar and elsewhere.

As Japan enters a new era, will Prime Minister Ishiba's economic vision revive the land of the rising sun or further shake investor confidence?

With growing interest in niche sectors, investors are increasingly seeking value in areas like healthcare and emerging technologies.

Large asset owners subscribe to Brookfield AM's Catalytic Transition Fund; Climate change can cost property industry more than $500 billion by 2050, says GIC, S&P report; Indonesia Investment Authority, AllianzGI ink private credit partnership deal; and more.

FWD appoints new group CIO; Australian Super hires chief liquidity officer; June Chua leaves Lombard Odier IM; Moonfare hires APAC chief from Blackstone; Foord AM hires portfolio manager from Eastspring; TT International hires three from BNP Paribas AM; and more.

With an academic background in artificial intelligence, the co-CIO at Japan University Fund has clear views on the technology’s appeal for investments and more broadly, in asset management.

GIC mulls investing in appliance maker's HK listing; Malaysia's SWF expects better investment returns in 2024 from a year ago; Temasek set to buy stake in Blackstone-owned VFS; KIC seeking entity for investment services; and more.

Support by the world’s leading investment managers on ESG votes tabled by APAC shareholders is waning, which is piling pressure on other institutional investors to take the lead.