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Former Morningstar executive in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... it plans to launch a rival ratings business. Murphy - who was Morningstar's director of manager research for Asia Pacific for many years - has joined Insight Investment Consultants. Founded by Chris Lioutas, Insight aims to become a full-service ...

Global wealth to rise 38% by 2027: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... estimates for high-income nations. More than half of all UHNWIs currently reside in North America, while countries in the Asia Pacific region are home to more than 66,000. "This already considerably exceeds the roughly 40,000 living in Europe and this ...

Federated Hermes names international sales head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
Federated Hermes has appointed an international sales head, responsible for all sales activities across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. The investment manager selected Clive Selman for the role of international head of sales. Selman was formerly ...

Ignition poaches from Bravura Solutions

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... head of portfolio solutions Darren Speirs is set to become Ignition Advice's new business development director for Asia Pacific. Speirs brings over 25 years' experience in the Australian wealth management industry, the last 16 years being at Bravura. ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head of global fund services

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
Northern Trust has named Caroline Higgins as its head of global fund services (GFS) Asia Pacific. Higgins, who first joined Northern Trust in 2016, was most recently head of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. She brings over two decades of experience in ...

State Street brings Fund Connect ETF Portal to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... Street country head of Australia Tim Helyar commented: "Australia is one of the fastest growing ETF markets in the Asia Pacific region and this portal will be an important solution to meet the needs of clients in the country." He noted, since 2018, ETF ...

CFOs look to hire in second half: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... looking for a new role are asking for a 15% above-market pay increase on average, and not getting them. Robert Half Asia Pacific senior managing director David Jones said companies are focused on cost management and only those with the highest in-demand ...

New Vanguard regional ETF capital markets lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
Vanguard Australia has appointed a new lead for the Asia Pacific region who will oversee ETF capital markets as the incumbent takes up another role within the firm. Adam DeSanctis, who most recently had a stint in personalised indexing for financial ...

Nuveen appoints head of consultant relations, APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
Nuveen has strengthened its Asia Pacific global client group with the appointment of a new head for its APAC ex-Japan consultant relations team. Jaxon Rudduck has taken the helm to enhance Nuveen's ties with global investment consulting firms in the ...

European pension fund hands MaxCap $200m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... undisclosed investor clarified their rationale for shifting focus towards Australia, citing its prominence within the Asia Pacific market as a main driver. "The Asia Pacific region, and in particular, Australia, offers compelling risk-adjusted return ...