Assertive investors demanding more say on mandates

As the in-house expertise of asset owners increases, so too will what they demand of external managers. That was among the key messages at AsianInvestor’s 14th Asian Investment Summit in Hong Kong on Tuesday as asset owners discussed the challenges facing them in their efforts to build and manage a future-proof portfolio. “Outsourcing can’t just be seen as deploying capital with a benchmark target and then get quarterly or yearly performance reports,” Benjamin Rudd, Prudential H…