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PIMCO local managing director to step down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... the head PIMCO's Australian office as Adrian Stewart was promoted to the role of head of client management for APAC ex-Japan. Prior to his promotion, Mead was the managing director and co-head of Asia Pacific portfolio management. At one point, he ...

Challenger profits up, share price falls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Challenger has reported a normalised net profit after tax (NPAT) of $225 million, up 12%, driven by higher earnings across its retirement income brand, Life, and its funds management division, according to its first-half 2025 results announcement. The ...

Saxo Australia to rebrand after global takeover

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... in June 2024 it would review strategic opportunities in Asia Pacific, seeking to accelerate its growth across Australia, Japan and Hong Kong.

Australian super assets set to become second largest globally: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... Global Pension Assets Study. The US has the biggest market with US$38 trillion ($60.6tn) in retirement savings, followed by Japan and Canada with US$3.3 trillion ($5.3tn) respectively, and the UK with US$3.1 trillion ($5tn). While Switzerland has the ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
MLC Life Insurance has hired an integration specialist to execute its merger with Resolution Life Australasia to create the country's third-largest life insurer. As the general manager of integration, Peter Moutsatsos will lead a dedicated team ...

Frontier hires new real assets lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
Frontier Advisors has added a former Westbourne Capital executive to head up its real assets team. The investment consulting firm has tasked Lucy Minichiello with leading a dedicated team of eight infrastructure and property specialists and further ...

Lendlease makes $235m divestment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Lendlease has entered into a binding agreement with Sojitz Corporation, a diversified Japanese trading company, for the sale of Capella Capital for a consideration of $235 million. The sale adds to the $1.9 billion of announced capital recycling initiatives ...

Fidelity picks Southeast Asia lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... growth area for the coming years. In the role, he will report to Fidelity International managing director, Asia Pacific (Ex-Japan), Damien Mooney who recently returned to the fund after 13 years at BlackRock. Commenting on the appointment, Mooney said ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... Europe 94%. APAC was the only region that saw an increase of 2% over the previous year. "While markets such as Australia, Japan, and Singapore continue to have high prevalence of ESG measures in executive incentives, we haven't seen significant change ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... resilient during economic cycles due to their essential nature," Joiner said. US growth will be "slightly above trend," while Japan, the UK, and the Eurozone, are expected to be "distinctly at trend," and China is forecast to growth "slightly below its ...