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        <title><![CDATA[Echo Wong - Asset Allocation Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[BlackRock’s Shigekawa Sees Risk to Yen on BOJ Miscommunication]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hillhouse Taps Investors, Own Cash in Bid to Raise $8 Billion]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:36:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Danantara to Step Up Middle East, Energy Security Investments]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:44:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asset Management One CEO Says Non-Japan Funds to Double by 2028]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:10:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goldman, Ardian Bought CIC’s $1 Billion US Private Equity Stake]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:03:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ping An Seeks to Sell $1 Billion Software-Focused PE Assets]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong School Group Seeks Advisor for $400 Million Endowment]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:22:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Targets Offshore Trusts in Tax Crackdown on Ultra-Rich]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ping An Bets on AI to Add $174 Billion to Underperforming Stock]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Mulls Tax Exemption for Fund Managers to Boost Hub]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese Insurer Ping An’s Offshore Unit Reconsiders US Exposure]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 03:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AIA’s Finance Chief Says China Business Growth Ramping Up]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prudential Business Profit Gains, Adds $1.2 Billion Buyback]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:13:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia's Upstart Sovereign Fund Stumbles Through Turbulent Year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Danantara has quickly morphed into a catch-all vehicle for advancing the president’s socialist agenda and political ambitions.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ambereen Choudhury]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Danantara has billed itself as the world’s seventh-largest sovereign wealth fund.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Canada Pension Seeks to Sell $1.5 Billion of Asia PE Assets]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:23:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bain Capital Raises $12.5 Billion in Asia, Japan Fund Sprint]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:07:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amundi, KKR, Temasek Unit Among Bidders for UOB Asset Management]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Baigorri]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:21:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Refuge for Hong Kong Expats Rocked by Widening Iran Conflict]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Stranded residents feel the impact of war.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Filipe Pacheco]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taiwan’s $247 Billion Pension Considers More Overseas Mandates]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley Mulls $500 Million India Fund, Shifts Some Assets]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Echo Wong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:34:53 GMT</pubDate>
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