APAC SWFs - how to get in, prestige, exit opps

Would appreciate if anyone with insights can spill the beans on:

  1. GIC/Temasek
  2. KIC
  3. NPS
  4. Future Fund
  5. NZ Super

What are the chances as a non-citizen? What's the best way to get your foot in (referrals? headhunters? - if the latter, any recommendations?) Pay vs sellside? Exit opps? Stability? Career development opps? Best types of roles in these organizations? - investment strategy/asset allocation function or the direct investing streams (PE, private/public markets, etc)

Thanks!!!

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Problem you will always face is that total comp is just horrid compared to private players.  You are essentially working for a government and comp is just lightyears away what PE/HFs pay.  Another issue is that no matter how well you perform,  comp is capped and not really tied to your performance.  So what’s the incentive after all?

 

KIC - doesn't hire foreigners, pay is extremely low so a lot of talent leaving at both senior and junior levels. NPS - not 100% sure but only started hiring foreigns starting 2013~2014, apparently the 'foreign' employees are simply Koreans who grew up abroad (ethnically Korean but holding a foreign passport)

 

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