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Global investment firm adds chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... York and Melbourne. In a statement to Financial Standard, Toscafund's managing director, investor relations for Asia Pacific Matt Unsworth said the firm is delighted to have Gilbert joining. Gilbert has known Toscafund founder Martin Hughes for many ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... firm McKinsey & Company has issued a new report on how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact wealth management in the Asia Pacific region, including what might happen if the virus continues to spread. "Past epidemic crises have had sharp yet temporary effects ...

VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... one-off costs to reconstitute its holdings. These will be borne by the fund," VanEck managing director and head of Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said in a letter to investors. The changes come into effect on April 23. The ETF will retain its ticker but the ...

Schroders appoints regional leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Schroders has promoted from within to appoint leaders for its Asia Pacific operations. Schroders country head for Australia Chris Durack has been appointed co-head of Asia Pacific, in a move designed to support the firm's growth in the region. Durack ...

Ontario Teachers' takes stake in Sydney desal plant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... "Australia remains an important investment destination for us, particularly as we look to expand our portfolio in the Asia-Pacific region in the coming years." The pension fund is continuing to work side-by-side with Morrison & Co and SDP's management ...

Australian Unity investment boss to lead Mercer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... chief executive David Bryant has been appointed as Mercer Australia chief executive and the leader of the global firm's Pacific zone operations. Reporting to Mercer international region president David Anderson, Bryant will replace the firm's outgoing ...

Investment specialist joins sustainable fund manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... served as the head of people, process and quality for the firm's Australian investment team, and led the company's Asia Pacific investment talent group. O'Dea spent over one year as a trustee director for the Towers Watson (Australian Staff) Superannuation ...

VicSuper investments chief joins Hostplus

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... VicSuper's investment team and designed and implemented its investment strategy. Prior to this, he was Mercer Investments' Asia Pacific chief investments officer, Pacific Current Group (formerly Treasury Group) chief investment officer, and Frontier ...

BlackRock appoints Asia Pacific ETF head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
BlackRock has hired from Citi to appoint a new head of iShares for Asia Pacific. Rimmo Jolly is currently Citi's regional head of ETF and index sales and business development for Asia Pacific and Japan. In his new role, Jolly will be tasked with growing ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... winner, it's maybe best case not a loser," Peers said. Aberdeen Standard Investments ESG investment director for Asia Pacific Danielle Welsh-Rose has also seen ESG's ubiquitousness grow significantly. "The last decade, and in particular that ...