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KKR acquires real estate manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
KKR will acquire one of the largest real estate managers in Japan, after signing a deal with Mitsubishi and UBS. KKR is acquiring all the outstanding shares of Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty (MC-UBSR) from Mitsubishi and UBS Asset Management in an all-cash ...

Man Group hires from PIMCO

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... will work closely with the Australian and wider APAC regional team, reporting to Hersh Gandhi, managing director, Asia ex-Japan. "Rohit's significant experience and knowledge of the Australian financial services landscape are fantastic assets for our ...

Robeco introduces new indices

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... Low-Carbon Indices are available for seven regions: Global AC, Global DM, Emerging Markets, US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Japan. The index applies a proprietary SDG framework developed by Robeco, which excludes stocks that score negatively on SDG metrics. ...

Capital Group hires from Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... recently an investment director at Schroders in Singapore. Prior to that, he spent six years at UBS serving as head of APAC ex-Japan Investment Specialists in Hong Kong and as a portfolio manager in Chicago. "We are delighted to welcome David to Capital ...

BlackRock strengthens Australasia, APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... for Asia Pacific, starting in the second quarter of this year. Shimizu will also assume the role of president of BlackRock Japan, subject to local board approval. Based in Hong Kong, Shimizu will be responsible for bringing a full range of solutions ...

PwC appoints insurance leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... leader for Australia within the firm's Financial Services business. Makita joined the Australian firm, transferring from PwC Japan where he led that its insurance consulting business, specialising in insurance operations and transformation. With 23 years ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... included in the study are Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US. Australia, Canada ...

AustralianSuper to grow external mandates, hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The nation's largest superannuation fund plans to appoint more external managers, including looking to hand out its first mandates for Japanese and Indian markets specialists. It has also hired from Frontier and VFMC as it grows the team responsible ...

US fund manager hires former Legg Mason executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... rebranded from Wells Fargo Asset Management, hired Andy Sowerby as managing director and head of client group for APAC ex-Japan. Reporting to head of international client group Deirdre Flood, Sowerby leads Allspring's business development across ...

Emerald City becomes hot spot for investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
CBRE's latest APAC Investor Intentions survey has revealed that Sydney is now the fourth most preferred destination for APAC cross-border investment. The survey, which covers all asset types, found that most investors (60%) intend to make more acquisitions ...