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Millennials shaping family office strategy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... social equality, the environment, and the behaviour of big businesses. "[We're seeing] younger family members in Asia Pacific bringing in new values focused largely on social and environmental impact, and requests to participate with impact investing," ...

Factor-based investment demand strengthens: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... multi-factor products as preferred structures for factor products. Invesco director of factor-based investing for Asia Pacific Stephen Quance said: "The market is becoming more educated and comfortable with factor concepts. With the right support from ...

Global $1.2tn manager buys Australian firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... Tagliaferro will continue to lead IML. "We have previously stated that it is our intention to pursue new growth in the Asia Pacific market, and this marks the first acquisition as part of those plans," Natixis chief executive Jean Raby said. "IML has ...

Intergenerational business succession failing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... to PwC's Once in a Lifetime report. A separate study by UBS and Campden Research recently found family offices in Asia Pacific lagged behind Europe and North America in succession planning - only 13% have written plans in place, while 19.4% have no plan ...

Family offices put focus back on equities: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... family offices claiming to have some form of plan in place, while 29.6% are still developing plans. Family offices in Asia Pacific somewhat lag behind other regions when it comes to succession planning, as currently 13% have written plans in place and ...

Super fund property manager leads global sustainability ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... Zealand property companies and fund managers, empowering them to adopt leading sustainability practices," GRESB head of Asia Pacific Ruben Langbroek said. "Looking at the results, the region is already performing at a high standard. We see that 94% of ...

Former BlackRock president joins Yarra board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... with current clients and expand the firm's asset base over time." Yarra managing director Dion Hershan said: "The Asia Pacific region, and in particular Japan, is an extremely important market for this business, and we couldn't have hoped for a more ...

SSGA hires head of SPDR ETFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... business, building new solutions across sales, marketing, capital markets, products and infrastructure. SSGA head of Asia Pacific Lochiel Crafter said: "Our Australian SPDR ETF business is strengthened with Meaghan's appointment and allows us to further ...

Global boutique asset manager opens Sydney office

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... products, emerging markets and credit-themed equities. An Australian presence is the firm's attempt to expand across the Asia Pacific having opened a Singapore office three years ago. New York-headquartered GoldenTree was established in 2000 by founder ...

SSGA fund divests tobacco and weapons

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... benchmark in 13 of the past 16 calendar years at a management fee of 0.3%. SSGA head of portfolio strategists for Asia Pacific, Jonathan Shead said that removing these companies from the fund won't affect its level of diversification at the country or ...