Malaysian e-payments leader is one regulatory hurdle away from launching a local version of Yu'ebao.

Jing Dong Lai was named CIO and CEO for Asia at M&G Real Estate, subject to regulatory approval.

The CEO of UniSuper, the Melbourne-based super fund focused on the higher eduction and research sectors, will depart later this year.

Australian industry funds Maritime Super and Hostplus agreed to pool assets as an alternative to Australia's wave of fund mergers.

Cbus added three senior investment professionals amid its continued push to bring more portfolio management in-house.

MetLife Investment Management chose Jingsu Pu to oversee insurance strategy globally and lead its institutional client group in Asia.

AMP Ltd. saw its stock price slump 11% in active trading after revealing Ares Management will not proceed with its acquisition proposal.

Schroders tapped a Nikko Asset Management veteran as the next CEO for its Australian business.

Amir Hamzah Azizan was appointed CEO of Malaysia's $231.4 billion Employees Provident Fund, effective March 1.

The executive leading Marquarie Asset Management's global alternatives business was chosen as the firm's next head, effective April 1.

Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings said the organization's first leadership change since 2004 will take place in early October.

BlackRock appointed Rachel Lord, head of the firm's EMEA business, to lead its business in the Asia-Pacific region starting in May.

Aberdeen Standard's iconic Asia head expects the firm's "collegiate" culture to persist under the region's first new leadership in 29 years.

South Korea's sovereign wealth fund posted strong investment gains and double-digit returns for a second year in a row.

Japan's GPIF said stock market gains at home and overseas provided a $100 billion boost for its portfolio in the quarter ended Dec. 31.

BNY Mellon Investment Management Japan has tapped its head of retail sales as the firm's new president for the market.

Sundaram Asset Management will bulk up by acquiring Mumbai-based Principal Asset Management and its $1 billion in assets under management.

Aberdeen Standard Investments will shut down its Indonesian unit by mid-2021, in line with plans to focus firepower on fewer hubs.

AllianzGI hired the head of Mercer's wealth and investment businesses in China to set up its own fund management operations on the mainland.

Morningstar reported a record $5 billion of flows into ESG equity and fixed-income funds for the Asia ex-Japan region in the latest quarter.

Eurizon Capital Asia tapped a T. Rowe Price veteran as its first head of Asia distribution to expand the firm's footprint in the region.

Private markets investment firm Pantheon hired a veteran of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC as a partner in its infrastructure team.