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Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... scheduled for 2024. The number of meetings has reduced from 11 per year following an overhaul of the RBA. Vanguard Asia Pacific chief economist Qian Wang said the odds of Australia narrowly avoiding a recession in 2024 are high, having benefited from ...

Schroders shutters Asian Shares Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... that closure of the fund is in the best interests of investors." The fund, which invested in large cap companies in Asia Pacific excluding Japan, had about $18.4 million in funds under management at December 2023 end. Over 10 years, the fund has returned ...

Tokenisation is the future: Northern Trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... In a recent whitepaper, titled The future of funds, Northern Trust digital assets and financial markets specialist Asia Pacific Dan Sleep said tokenisation is an effective solution for those fund managers looking to gain benefits of blockchain technology ...

GBST raids SS&C for APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
GBST has this month welcomed a head of Asia Pacific, hiring SS&C Technologies' sales director. Jeff Hall has taken on the newly created regional leadership role, responsible for business development and operations across GBST's wealth management and ...

VanEck to unveil private credit ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... Index), which includes 25 global listed private credit companies. VanEck chief executive and managing director for Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said the LEND Index returns over 10% p.a. and over the last 15 years achieved an income yield of about 8.6% p.a. ...

Gannet Capital increases Touch Ventures stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... Management. He is also the former chief executive and a co-founder of Ellerston Capital and served as Deutsche Bank's Asia Pacific head of absolute return strategies. Touch Ventures thanked Touchcorp for its support.

Knight Frank bolsters capital advisory team

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... options, including capital raising, recapitalisations, partnering and debt advisory, and facilitating the flow of Asia Pacific capital into the market. The property fund also welcomes Alice Crowley to the role of director of international capital and ...

APAC investors embrace value-added strategies: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
Investors in the Asia Pacific region are increasingly opting for value-based real estate investments, according to the ANREV, INREV, and PREA Investment Intentions Survey 2024. The 16th annual survey revealed that 78% of investors prefer value-added ...

Family offices love software: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... While the US remains the leading target market, the report found family offices are increasingly investing in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. "In the first half of 2023, APAC recorded its highest share of family office direct deals since the second half ...

BlackRock appoints new head of APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
BlackRock has named Susan Chan as its new head of Asia Pacific (APAC), tasked with overseeing business, client, investment, and operational platforms for wealth and institutional investors. Chan succeeds Rachel Lord, who relocates to London and takes ...