Principal Global Investors is boosting its Asia sales team with an eye on China's RQFII programme and the mutual recognition programme between Hong Kong and the mainland.
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More than half of global pension funds are forecast to be invested in real assets by the end of this year. Asians are leading the charge into real estate, finds Principal Global Investors.
Alastair Gillespie has joined the US fund house as chief investment officer of Asia-Pacific real estate securities with a mandate to hire.
Asia CEO Andrea Muller stresses the firm’s globally integrated approach after 11 quit its emerging markets team. More hires are planned, notably in Hong Kong and China.
Principal Global Investors names its first regional COO, as it seeks to tap asset-management opportunities in Chinese securities.
Principal Global Investors says its nine-year-old preferred securities fund is gaining assets among sophisticated European and Asian investors amid post-crisis regulatory change.
The firm may apply for up to Rmb300 million to provide an A-share strategy in a QIF structure out of Dublin. It also plans to apply for a type-1 licence in Hong Kong, where it is eager to add resources.
Of 35 innovations widely adopted since 2002, just five delivered value, a global study finds. Pension plans and asset managers discuss the lessons to be learned.
Kirk West, previously Asia head at Principal Global Investors, will take over international distribution, while George Jamgochian will run US distribution.
Principal Global Investors' chief economist outlines why the US economy is back on track, but raises issues that have the potential to slow the recovery.