Eastspring Investments, part of Prudential Corporation Asia, is Prudential's asset management business in Asia. We are one of Asia’s largest asset managers, with operations in ten markets, approximately 2000 employees in Asia and about US$80 billion (about £50 billion) in assets under management (at 30 September 2011).
We manage funds on behalf of a wide range of retail and institutional investors, including life and pension products sold by Prudential in the UK and across Asia.
We have investment teams in eight markets, including our regional hub in Singapore. We have a large team of Asia-based investment managers who manage funds across a broad range of asset classes including one of the largest Fixed Income portfolios in Asia, Asia equities (including global emerging market equities) and alternative assets including private equity, property and infrastructure. Our team also includes a specialist Global Asset Allocation team which manages portfolios worldwide from the perspective of the world’s fastest growing region.
About half of our total assets are sourced from third party clients. We are the largest multinational onshore mutual fund manager in the region.
Eastspring Investments operates in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, and has joint venture operations in India, China and Hong Kong.
In addition to Eastspring Investments, Prudential Corporation Asia (PCA) comprises the life insurance and consumer finance operations of Prudential plc2 in Asia. PCA businesses span 12 markets, covering China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Prudential plc is the leading Europe-based life insurer in terms of market coverage and number of top three positions, with more than 360,000 employees and agents across the region serving over 12 million customers.
1 Source: Korea (AMAK), India (AMFI), Singapore/Malaysia (Lipper), Japan (ITA), Taiwan (SITCA), China (Wind). Competitors selected based on the largest multi-national players in the following 7 Asian markets: Korea, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, China. 100% FUM accounted for all players, regardless of ownership stake.
2 Prudential plc, incorporated and with its principal place of business in England, and its affiliated companies constitute one of the world's leading financial services groups and has been in existence for over 160 years. It provides insurance and financial services directly and through its subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the world. Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc, a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America.