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Investors move to thematic funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... many posting eye-catching returns over the period," Morningstar's director of manager research practice Wing Chan EMEA & Asia said. In the Asia Pacific region, Chan said technology, ESG-related, electrical vehicles and renewable energy themed products ...

J.P. Morgan makes key APAC appointment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed a lead strategist for sustainable investing in the Asia Pacific region. Tomomi Shimada has been appointed lead APAC sustainable investing strategist, in what J.P. Morgan said is part of its ongoing commitment ...

JANA appoints head of sustainability

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... Halpern will focus on managing climate risks for clients. She has worked as a regulatory counsel at State Street Bank in Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.Prior to this, she was an investigator in enforcement and financial crime division ...

State Street names sales executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... management. Hoult's appointment marks his return to State Street. He previously worked at State Street Global Markets where he was Asia Pacific head of agency execution. The new role sees Hoult working with asset managers and asset owners to identify ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... created this economic contraction. Meanwhile, he said trade wars, dictatorships, increasing indebtedness and the ascent of Asia are the thematics creating tension that existed before COVID-19 and have not been disrupted by the pandemic - though it has ...

BTIG names co-heads of APAC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
BTIG has appointed two co-leads for the Asia-Pacific business, as well as a chief strategy officer. Andrew Dalgleish and Trevor Harrison were named co-heads of BTIG Asia-Pacific, while Samuel Leung is the new chief strategy officer of BTIG Hong Kong. ...

IOOF awards $23bn passive mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... provides it with significant resources relative to smaller competitors." Also commenting, Invesco senior managing director and Asia Pacific lead Andrew Low said: "This partnership will deliver our market-leading indexing capabilities to IOOF's nationwide ...

Plenary expands property team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... partnership with sporting and community clubs and associations." Plenary also appointed Oliver Barbagallo as executive director, Asia and will be based in the Singapore office. He joins from Macquarie Capital where he was chief operating officer and ...

ASIC to wind up PE Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... PE Capital operated unregistered managed investment schemes including the PE Capital Property Development Fund, PE Capital Asia Wholesale Diversified Income Fund and PE Capital Asia Wholesale Opportunities Fund. According to ASIC, PE Capital issued interests ...

James Murdoch launches SPAC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... son of Rupert Murdoch has filed papers to launch a US$300 million blank cheque company, which will focus on investing in Asia. James Murdoch, the younger son of Rupert Murdoch and former chief executive of 21 st Century Fox, is working with Uday Shankar ...