Fri, Mar 29, 2024
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS pod
Get FREE trial access to our award winning publications
Alternative Market Briefing

Institutional assets available to asset management firms in Asia topped $3 trillion for the first time

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Matthias Knab, Opalesque:

According to Greenwich Associates, institutional assets available to asset management firms in Asia topped $3 trillion for the first time this year as central banks, large pension funds and other institutional investors continued diversifying their portfolios and outsourcing assets.

The good news for asset managers does not end there. Not only are Asian institutions outsourcing more and hiring more external managers, they are allocating these assets to higher-risk asset classes with higher fees and better margins for managers.

Among the biggest beneficiaries of these favorable market conditions are Allianz Global Investors, Invesco and PIMCO - the 2018 Greenwich Quality Leaders in Overall Asian Institutional Investment Management. "These three managers have made a firm commitment to this market and to providing institutional clients here with the highest quality investment platforms and client service," says Greenwich Associates Managing Director Markus Ohlig. "As a result, they have built strong relationships with key Asian institutions that are now paying off."

Asset managers benefit from growing risk appetite

As recently as 2010, fixed income made up approximately three-quarters of overall Asian institutional assets. In 2018, fixed income represents just 46%. Institutions have made dramatic cuts in domestic fixed income, which declined to an average 26% of total assets in 2018 from 36% in 2010. These assets are being ......................

To view our full article Click here

Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing

 



  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. KKR raises $6.4bn for the largest pan-Asia infrastructure fund[more]

    Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The New York-based global investment firm KKR has raised a record $6.4bn for its second Asia-focused infrastructure fund, underlining investors' continued appetite for private markets. According to a media release from the alternative assets manager, the figure top

  2. Bucking the trend, top hedge fund makes plans for a second SPAC[more]

    From Institutional Investor: SPACs aren't dead. At least not to the folks at Cormorant Asset Management. The life sciences firm, whose hedge fund topped its peers in 2023, is confident it will match the success of its first blank-check company. Last week, the life sciences and biopharma speciali

  3. Benefit Street Partners closes fifth fund on $4.7 billion[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Benefit Street Partners has closed its fifth flagship direct lending vehicle, BSP Debt Fund V, with $4.7 billion of investable capital across the strategy. Benefit Street invests primarily in privately originated, floating rate, senior secured loans. The fun

  4. 4 hedge fund themes that are working in 2024[more]

    From The Street: A poor earnings report from Tesla (TSLA) has not hurt the indexes on Thursday. The decline in Tesla stock, which is losing its position in the Magnificent Seven pantheon, is more than offset by strong earnings from IBM (IBM) and ServiceNow (NOW) . In addition, the much higher-t

  5. Opalesque Exclusive: A global macro fund eyes opportunities in bonds[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Munich-based ThirdYear Capital rebounded in 2023, following a tough year for global macro. The firm's flagship ART Global Macro strategy finished the year up 1