Asia Plus partners with FWD Insurance to provide a one-stop solution combining investment and life insurance

Asia Plus announce a business partnership partners with FWD Life Insurance Thailand (“FWD”), to offer one-stop comprehensive care including financial management, risk management and life insurance services.


Kongkiat Opaswongkarn, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Asia Plus Securities Company Limited said “Asia Plus Group has been in the business of full range of financial and investment for more than 40 years and has a global investment network to serve clients as a financial advisor for brokerage and investment services through mutual funds under the business policy that adheres to the needs of customers as the key. This year is an important step for us to extend our services to create financial stability for our customers by becoming a business partner with FWD, which is an insurance company that provides life and health coverage services that will enhance the potential of risk management in financial care and comprehensive life coverage. Leveraging the extensive experience and global investment network of Asia Plus, combined with the outstanding digital technology and creative products of FWD, we’re confident to deliver exceptional and customer-led services and products so people can achieve goals in life, finance, and to create wealth at their best.”


David Korunić, Chief Executive Officer of FWD Life Insurance Thailand said “We’re dedicated to creating fresh insurance experiences, with easy-to-understand products, supported by digital technology. We are here to make insurance protection more accessible to everyone, including Thai people, so that they have fewer worries to pursue their life goals and Celebrate living. We’re thrilled to work with a like-minded partner like Asia Plus and together provide customers with a one-stop solution combining financial management, risk management and life insurance, and to continue changing the way people feel about insurance”


The first product to be offered under this partnership is Asia Plus x FWD Infinite Wealth, which is an insurance plan that allows customers to set their level of life coverage and construct their own investment portfolios to suit their financial goals. With a 5-year premium payment term, the minimum annualised regular premium amount per policy is 500,000 baht. The maximum level of the life insurance coverage is 50 times of the annualised regular premium. Customers may extend their coverage for another 15-year policy term, up to the age of 99, make changes to the investment portfolio with no fund switching fee, and adjust the life insurance coverage as needed.


Customers who purchase Asia Plus x FWD Infinite Wealth by 15 April 2022, will have exclusive access to two newly added funds provided by Asia Plus, in additional to the wide range of funds offered by FWD insurance. The exclusive funds from Asia Plus Securities are Asset Plus Evolution China Equity Fund (ASP-EVOCHINA) and Asset Plus Vietnam Growth Fund (ASP-VIET).


Asset Plus Evolution China Equity Fund (ASP-EVOCHINA) invests in China's long-term growth stocks focusing on new economic trends including value-added products and services. It also has been driven by the exponential growth of the consumption sector with active management, plus investments in T. Rowe Price Evolution Equity Fund, the ETF that invests in China, and invests directly in stocks that benefit from modern China. While, the Asset Plus Vietnam Growth Fund (ASP-VIET) is a fund with active management by investing in Dragon Capital Vietnam Equity Fund, the ETF that invest in Vietnam, and invests directly in stocks that benefit from Vietnam's growth. Vietnam is aiming to upgrade from a Frontier Market to be an Emerging Market and is considered a rising star in ASEAN.


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For more information, please contact Asia Plus Group Holdings Marketing and Corporate Communication:

Chintana Roroengkul

Email: joo@asiaplus.co.th Tel. 068-881-9399

Pichet Khuntayaporn

Email: pichet.k@asiaplus.co.th Tel. 099-359-5596

For more information, please contact FWD Insurance corporate communication:

Duangporn Choatipornpaisarn

Email: duangporn.c@fwd.com Tel. 065-936-8751

Thitiporn Wongpakawat

Email: thitiporn.w@fwd.com Tel. 098-962-4699

About Asia Plus Group

Asia Plus Group provides one-stop financial and investment services through Asia Plus Group Holdings Public Company Limited and its subsidiaries namely, Asia Plus Securities Company Limited, Asia Plus Advisory Company Limited, and Asset Plus Fund Management Company Limited. With extensive experience and expertise, Asia Plus Group provides a full range of financial and investment products and services including securities and derivatives brokerage, wealth management and investment advisory, securities underwriting, investment banking, and fund management services. Our services are provided by professional investment advisors through our offices in Bangkok and throughout the country.


Asia Plus Group strives to offer innovative investment products and services to build sustainable growth and wealth for our clients under the vision to become the industry leader providing a full range of financial and investment services in the fast evolving globalization age. For more information http://www.asiaplus.co.th or www.facebook.com/AsiaPlusGroup/


About FWD Insurance Thailand


FWD Group is a pan-Asian life insurance business with approximately 10 million customers across 10 markets, including some of the fastest growing insurance markets in the world.


FWD Insurance, Thailand, is established in 2013 and a member of FWD Group that focused on making the insurance journey simpler, faster and smoother, with innovative propositions and easy-to-understand products, supported by digital technology. Through this customer-led approach, FWD is committed to changing the way people feel about insurance. For more information please visit fwd.co.th or facebook.com/FWD Thailand