Hong Kong rose 3%, while Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Singapore, Manila, Bangkok and Jakarta were also up. Wellington and Mumbai dipped, while Shanghai and Taipei were still closed for holidays
GPIF managed 199.3 trillion yen of assets as of the end of December and its return on overall assets was 2.81% over the three-month period, it said in a statement.
Beijing's push for electric vehicles pays off with a jump in EV sales, but this has created fears of shortages in key metals such as nickel, cobalt and lithium.
The German supplier of construction materials said it may unveil more ambitious CO2 reduction targets in May
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies led by Russia agreed to a small increase for March, raising the collective oil production target by 400,000 bpd
Major assets that went public over the last year and are now trading below their listing price include Didi Global, Coupang and Auto1 Group
The stock dipped as much as 5% in after-hours trading after the vehicle manufacturer's fourth-quarter income fell short of analysts' expectations
India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
US tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
Despite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.