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Brighter Super posts 9.07% returns for its default option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... delivering solid returns despite the economic headwinds caused by high inflation and global uncertainties created by regional conflicts and emergent trade wars. Rider said the Australian and international share markets were the dominant driver of overall ...

Apex partners with Novigi

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... Holdco PIK Notes of Apex. Both are already invested in Apex, having first done so in 2020 and again in 2021. Apex Group regional managing director for the Asia Pacific Nick Happell said there is significant opportunity in the global pensions market to ...

Government lifts funding to preserve banking in the Pacific

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... digital identity infrastructure across Pacific Island countries, $1.7 million to the Asian Development Bank to improve regional compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing requirements, and $1.7 million for the Attorney-General's ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... flows falling back from above to simply average levels. This did not deter stronger long-term investor inflows into other regional markets such as Korea, India and Indonesia, but it shows that investor sentiment toward Chinese equities remains somewhat ...

Investment veterans take on new roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
A former chief investment officer of Zurich Insurance has a new regional lead role, while an ex-TCorp strategy head took on a chief investment officer position. Michael Vos has been appointed head of investments for Asia Pacific. The investment professional ...

New technology chief joins GROW Inc.

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... at Canva for three years. Before that she spent time as chief technology officer at OFX, and also spent four years in regional lead roles at Google. Earlier in her career, Glasgow did stints with AOL, Microsoft, SAI Global, and NewsCorp, including Carsguide.com.au. ...

Morningstar names new manager research lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... excited to have Matt join Morningstar and lead our manager research team in Australia. Working with Morningstar's regional and wider global manager research teams, Matt and his team will support advisers, investors, and superannuation funds in providing ...

Goldman Sachs names new head of Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... managing director and head of Australian and New Zealand equities. Davis will lead the equities team and work closely with regional leadership to drive the strategy for expanding the client franchise in Australia and New Zealand. He will also become ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... fundraising may have reached a decade low and most country-specific funds struggled to raise capital, demand for Asia-regional funds grew amid investors' stronger preference for diversification and reduced risk appetite," she said. Separately, the report ...

UBS institutional client coverage lead departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... a year following the departure of Marcus Cleary, who had held it since 2021. Ngoeun reports locally to Telfer and the regional head of wholesale distribution, Thomas Kaegi. Last month, UBS posted its first quarterly profit since taking over Credit Suisse. ...