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Equal weight portfolios outperform: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... exposure to these smaller stocks than market capitalisation weighting does," VanEck managing director and head of Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said. VanEck's reason: the distribution of individual stock returns is not the normal distribution that most ...

Record number of Australians seek CFA qualification

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... have registered for Level I, II and III exams this year across the globe. More than half of this number is from the Asia Pacific region. In the March results, more than half the test takers failed, Financial Standard reported.

Quantifeed eyes Australian expansion with $13.5m raising

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... Financial Holdings, with participation from US-based asset manager Legg Mason, and will go towards Australia and Asia Pacific growth. "We will be growing the Australian team over the next six to 12 months and also open an office [on an undisclosed timeline]," ...

Aussie IPO launches at decade high

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... once again dampened" by political concerns and market volatility in the first half of 2018. Low capital raising in Asia Pacific and EMEA were noted. However, cross-border IPOs significantly outperformed. Capital raising in North America surged with foreign ...

Macquarie bolsters green investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... said it becomes the first institution in the world and first Australian company to issue a green loan under the new Asia Pacific Loan Market Association's Green Loan Principles. It seeks to establish best practice in terms of the use of proceeds; project ...

Equity Trustees appoints US executive, partners in Ireland

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... Trustees' expertise in offices in Australia and the UK to service funds launching into the European, UK, Australian and Asia Pacific markets. Harrison has served as Westpac Investment Management's head of business development. He is an Australian ...

Avaloq expands Australian footprint, appoints senior roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... Ayer. Ayer joins Avaloq's Australian team in Sydney. He was previously based in Singapore and led Avaloq Sourcing Asia Pacific since 2014, overseeing the provision of back office services to the financial industry across the region. Prior to joining ...

Global fund manager creates executive role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... billion global fund manager gaining ground in the Australian market has appointed a director of investor relations for Asia Pacific to a newly created role. Mark Yetman joins Capital Fund Management (CFM) after 13 years with Dimensional Fund Advisors ...

Capgemini appoints new Australian head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... sees APAC as its fastest growing area and a "top priority" for the group, according to Capgemini executive chairman Asia Pacific and Middle East Luc-Francois Salvador. "Olaf has been a key member of our executive team and is a proven leader with extensive ...

More victims of financial crime in APAC: Reuters

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
The latest financial crime research from Thomson Reuters found companies in Asia Pacific experienced financial crime above the global level. The survey found that globally 47% of companies had fallen victim to financial crime, however regionally, APAC ...