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Manulife Investment Management: Partnership
Manulife Investment Management and UBS's Unified Global Alternatives (UGA) business are collaborating on a customized Japan private equity co-investment programme for wealth management clients.
Source: PRN APAC — Asia Pacific
- Who
- Manulife Investment Management · Japan
- What happened
- Manulife Investment Management and UBS's Unified Global Alternatives (UGA) business are collaborating on a customized Japan private equity co-investment programme for wealth management clients.
- When
- 2026-11-10
- Source
- PRN APAC — Asia Pacific
- So what
- Alliances broaden the commercial surface, and the leadership need follows.
The leadership read
Alliances broaden the commercial surface, and the leadership need follows. Manulife Investment Management's partnership in the sector widens demand for commercial and alliance leaders who turn an agreement into realised value. Across Asia, watch whether dedicated senior ownership is put on it; unowned alliances quietly lapse.
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