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Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... for, and timing of, reductions in the level of monetary policy stimulus." Rising inflation has also prompted the Bank of Korea to raise interest rates in November - the second in three months. Financial markets now bet that the RBA wouldn't be far behind. ...

Citi Australia wins custody mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... Australia as its provider of custody and fund administration services for its Australian funds management business. The South Korea based fund manager said Citi was selected for its international and local market expertise, post-trade technology and ...

Mirae Asset Global Investments adds to team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
The $284 billion South Korean asset manager has made two appointments as it grows its local presence. Olya Zenchenko joins Mirae Asset as marketing manager and Rose Nguyen as an alternative fund analyst. Zenchenko was previously digital marketing manager ...

ESG investing 2.0 emerges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... up many ESG issues like equal access to healthcare and vaccinations, and worker safety. Overseas, China, Japan and South Korea made a commitment to reduce emissions in late 2020, while the US re-signed the Paris Agreement last January. The United Nations ...

MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... and liquidity. Pakistan was classified as an emerging market alongside other Asia countries of India, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines. Now it joins its Asian peers of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam which are also ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK and US.

Mirae appoints local chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
The $280 billion Korean asset manager has appointed the former chief executive of ETF Securities to lead its Australian office and a former Coolabah executive to head operations. Kris Walesby has joined as chief executive for Australia and Oliver Reynolds ...

MSCI reviews emerging market classifications

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... concerns about deterioration in the availability of investment instruments - including Brazil, China (A shares), India, Korea and Turkey. Some of the exchanges in these regions restrict access to data, in turn restricting the creation of investment derivatives ...

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... million (4%) - outpacing the increase in shipments to the next top three countries combined - Japan (A$297 million); South Korea (A$118 million); India (A$23 million). Digging deeper, here's what the ABS prepared earlier: "Driving the increase to ...

BetaShares appoints chief financial officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The fast-growing ETF issuer has appointed a chief financial officer in a newly created role. Jason Gellert was previously BetaShares' head of corporate development and is one of the co-founders in the company. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley ...