Eastspring Investments

Eastspring Investments (瀚亚投资) is the asset management business of Prudential plc, the UK-listed insurance and financial services group. Headquartered in Singapore, it operates as the group's Asia-focused investment engine, offering equity, fixed income, multi-asset, quantitative and alternative strategies to institutional clients, sovereign funds, insurers and retail investors across Asia and in selected international markets. The firm's roots trace to Prudential's Asian asset management operations, which were consolidated and rebranded under the Eastspring name in 2012, taking its current Chinese name 瀚亚投资 in Greater China markets. Over time it has grown through a combination of organic expansion and acquisitions of local asset managers and joint ventures in markets such as Thailand, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and China, giving it one of the broadest on-the-ground footprints of any Asia-based asset manager. Eastspring's product range spans Asian and emerging market equities, Asian fixed income and credit, global and regional multi-asset solutions, money market and liquidity funds, and increasingly ESG-integrated and thematic strategies. It distributes through Prudential's insurance channels, third-party banks, independent financial advisers and its own institutional sales teams, and it also serves as a sub-adviser to international mandates. As a subsidiary of Prudential plc, Eastspring is not separately listed; it reports within the group's asset management segment. Its positioning rests on deep local research presence across Asian markets combined with the governance and risk framework of a large international parent, and it markets itself to global investors seeking Asian exposure as well as to Asian savers building long-term retirement assets.

Eastspring Investments is the asset management arm of Prudential plc, the London-listed insurance and financial services group. Prudential has managed money in Asia for decades through its insurance operations, and those investment capabilities were progressively consolidated into a dedicated asset management business. In 2012 the business was brought together under the Eastspring Investments brand, creating a single identity for Prudential's Asian asset management activities; in Chinese-language markets the firm is known as 瀚亚投资. The firm expanded across Asia both organically and through acquisitions and joint ventures. It built local asset management and fund distribution operations in markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India and China, often through partnerships with local banks and insurers. This gave Eastspring a broad on-the-ground research and distribution footprint that few Asia-headquartered managers can match. Product development followed the region's savings needs: Asian equity funds, Asian bond and credit strategies, multi-asset income solutions, money market funds and, more recently, ESG-integrated and thematic strategies. Eastspring also acts as a sub-adviser for international institutional mandates seeking Asian exposure, and it distributes third-party funds in some markets alongside its own products. Within Prudential plc, Eastspring sits in the group's asset management segment and contributes fee-based earnings that complement insurance underwriting. The firm has invested in investment technology, risk systems and ESG research, and it positions itself around long-term Asian growth themes such as retirement savings, wealth accumulation and the region's growing institutional pools of capital. It remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc and is not separately listed.

• 2012

  Prudential's Asian asset management operations are consolidated and rebranded as Eastspring Investments.

• Expansion across Asian markets through acquisitions and joint ventures with local banks and insurers.

Asia-focused active asset manager backed by a global insurance parent, emphasizing local research depth across Asian markets.

• Asian equity strategies

• Asian fixed income and credit strategies

• Multi-asset income solutions

• Money market and liquidity funds

• Unconfirmed

  Prudential appoints Ghislain Périssé as Head of Insurance Solutions[2]瀚亚投资任命Ghislain Périssé担任保险解决方案主管finance.jrj.com.cn

  Prudential has appointed Ghislain Périssé as Head of Insurance Solutions, a newly created role effective Monday. Périssé previously worked at Fidelity International as its global head of insurance solutions for EMEA and Asia Pacific, and will report to Salman Haider, Prudential's Chief Distribution Officer, ASEAN head and CEO of Prudential Singapore. His core task is to build Prudential's insurance solutions business capabilities and drive commercialization.

  Weekdays and relative dates follow the original report; their exact calendar dates have not been verified.

• 2019-12-27

  Eastspring completed acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Thanachart Fund[3]瀚亚完成收购Thanachart Fund 50.1%股权finance.sina.com.cn

  Reported: 2020-02-13

  Eastspring, Prudential’s Asian asset management business, completed its acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Thanachart Fund from Thanachart Bank and Government Savings Bank on December 27, 2019.

1. 1Eastspring Investments official websiteeastspring.com
2. 2瀚亚投资任命Ghislain Périssé担任保险解决方案主管finance.jrj.com.cn
3. 3瀚亚完成收购Thanachart Fund 50.1%股权finance.sina.com.cn