Natalie Koh

Asia Pacific reporter for @pionline, covering asset management. Previously @AsianInvestor, @SCMPNews, @Businesstimes. Tweets represent my own views.

[Lulu Yilun Chen @luluyilun]

HongShan Capital Group, formerly known as Sequoia Capital China, is setting up a London office to look for investment opportunities in Europe https://t.co/Fa5lk6Rsqp via @markets

[Paul Damon @KeramasMarComms]

"Rates coming down will help as more deals get done. @blackstone's Gray uses the size of his bag when he goes home on the weekends as an indicator (of deals in the pipeline) — he’s carrying 2 bags now vs. one." Joe Dowling via @NatalieOnLoop @pensionsnews https://t.co/Ud6z3TII4A

[Erin Arvedlund @erinarvedlund]

Texas Municipal CIO positive on private markets in Asia-Pacific https://t.co/bLMW7BFtgm via @pensionsnews @NatalieOnLoop

[Erin Arvedlund @erinarvedlund]

China’s retirement age hike insufficient for the nation's pension needs https://t.co/9IDKkm2Ahm via @pensionsnews @NatalieOnLoop

[Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu]

#BREAKING Former chief editor of now-shuttered online news platform #StandNews Chung Pui-kuen is sentenced to 21 months in jail and Patrick Lam is given a sentence that will allow him to walk free over conviction of “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”.

[Erin Arvedlund @erinarvedlund]

Value Partners appoints executive directors from new owners GF Securities https://t.co/jOR44nXIWn via @pensionsnews @NatalieOnLoop

[Natalie Koh @NatalieOnLoop]

Despite the AI-led market rout earlier this month, fund managers say there still are AI companies with structural growth potential, particularly in Asia.
#AI #investing #asia
https://t.co/lEskbtlrJg

[Zheping Huang @pingroma]

Tencent and Alibaba now together back almost all of China's LLM startups. You don't see this kind of funding frenzy since, ugh, bike-sharing days. https://t.co/JReFN4aZgW

[Natalie Koh @NatalieOnLoop]

Can't wait to see what they come up with in 12 months! 😊 #Sgx

https://t.co/s1VqZSF5DT

[Erin Arvedlund @erinarvedlund]

High-yield bond interest on the rise as hopes fade on investment-grade trade https://t.co/1NrXfiaw9Q via @pensionsnews @NatalieOnLoop

[Erin Arvedlund @erinarvedlund]

Franklin Templeton to form ETF, digital assets joint venture in Japan https://t.co/woTuuRwYr7 via @pensionsnews @NatalieOnLoop

[Natalie Koh @NatalieOnLoop]

😂😂 This caught me off guard this morning.

[Tianyu Fang @tianyuf]

genAI this genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet

[Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 @XinqiSu]

#NOW Selina Cheng @selina_cheng was fired this morning by @WSJ , weeks after she refused to withdraw from her newly-elected chairmanship and renewed ex-com membership of @HKJA_Official despite demands from the Journal’s senior editors and her supervisor in the UK.

[Lulu Yilun Chen @luluyilun]

Bridgewater Associates is planning to raise performance fees for its onshore funds in China after solid returns lured more assets, overcoming turmoil in the country’s 5.2 trillion yuan ($715 billion) hedge fund industry. https://t.co/HeFg64faY3 via @markets

[Lulu Yilun Chen @luluyilun]

Hong Kong's property market has lost $270 billion in value in the last five years, the longest downturn since SARS. Homeowners are now increasingly contemplating what once was unthinkable — selling at a loss https://t.co/pfZGLntNbY via @wealth @krystalchia @cfb_18

[Erin Arvedlund @erinarvedlund]

Aging founders and a rush of private equity buyers spark deal activity in Japan https://t.co/SYOd3isoqc via @pensionsnews @NatalieOnLoop

[Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 @klustout]

It's #HongKong's biggest national security case.

In Jan 2021, 47 pro-democracy figures were arrested for staging a primary vote. They're accused of subversion, a serious NSL crime punishable by up to life in prison.

Today, the court declared 14 of the 16 accused *guilty*.

[Joel Chan @kjoules]

Singapore vs Hong Kong in tourism, 2023

Visitors
🇸🇬 13,610,435
🇭🇰 33,999,660

Tourism Receipts
🇸🇬 S$27.16 billion (US$20.19 billion)
🇭🇰 HK$141.234 billion (US$18.103 billion)

Per capita spending
🇸🇬 S$1,995 (US$1483)
🇭🇰 HK$4,154 (US$532)

(HKTB, SingStat)
https://t.co/1c4gUDRI5d

[Natalie Koh @NatalieOnLoop]

Japanese fund manager Asset Management One has shut down its Singapore office, the firm said in a statement.
https://t.co/YY34XFcYUS

[Natalie Koh @NatalieOnLoop]

British insurer Prudential PLC has shut down Pulse Wealth, its Hong Kong wealth management unit, as it “aligns” its wealth strategy, a spokesperson confirmed.
https://t.co/a4P05BlmQS