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Salaries: Asset Management (Australia & Asia) – Q4 2025

  • ,  Senior Investment Content Specialist |
  • 19 Jul 2024
  • Updated 27 Jan 2026

Salary survey round-up: Front, middle-, and back-office roles

Below is an updated list of Asian and Australian asset management salary surveys that have been uploaded to the Savvy Investor platform. These surveys detail compensation trends for asset managers, financial, and back-office roles across the Asia Pacific region, including Japan, and Hong Kong.

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The latest salary surveys


APAC | 2026 Recruitment Outlook: Strategic Prowess Guarantees Roles (ACCA)

Accounting and finance recruitment across Asia Pacific is set to remain active in 2026, but with a sharper focus on value, capability and impact.

APAC | Private Banking Salary in Hong Kong and Singapore (eFinancialCareers)

Private bankers in Hong Kong can earn US$ 170k higher salaries than in Singapore.

APAC | Banking, Finance, and Risk Salaries in Singapore 2025 (Gemini Personnel)

This guide is intended to give approximate salary ranges for the positions as described and specific skills or experience requirements can mean that a premium may need to be paid.

APAC | Asset Management, Hedge Fund, and PE Pay in Thailand (Gemini Personnel)

As well as covering asset management, hedge fund, and private equity compensation, this guide also has supplementary chapters on risk and compliance.


Previous salary surveys


AU | Aussie Super Chair Remuneration 2025 (Investment Magazine)

Chairs’ salary packages slightly increased overall FY2024 compared to FY2023.

AU | Aussie Super CIO Remuneration 2025 (Investment Magazine)

UniSuper’s John Pearce's total remuneration was $1.88 million.

AU | Aussie Super CEO Remuneration 2025 (Investment Magazine)

Deanne Stewart of Aware Super was the highest-paid CEO in the super industry with total remuneration of more than $1.9 million.

APAC | Annual Report incl. Remuneration 2024 (HKMA)

Explore this report for remuneration packages of senior staff members in 2024.

AUS | CIO Super Fund Salary Survey 2025 (Investment Magazine)

For total remuneration, UniSuper's CIO ranked top.

AUS | ESG and Sustainable Investment Salary Guide 2025 (Kaizen Recruitment)

For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in certain geographies

The most sought-after ESG skills include ESG integration, reporting, due diligence, and strategy development.