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New lead for Mercer Sentinel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... succession planning, and I'm confident this will be a seamless transition." Baker joined Mercer Sentinel as the leader for Asia Pacific, and moved on to become the head of governance, legal and risk consulting. He previously held senior roles at ...

Fidante signs on new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Challenger's multi-boutique business will distribute the $54 billion Impax Asset Management's sustainability strategies in Australia and New Zealand. UK-based Impax manages environmentally focused investment strategies in listed and private markets. ...

Honan launches reinsurance offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... market through the launch of Honan Re. Honan Re commenced operations in April 2021, based in Singapore and headed by Honan Asia managing director Eliza White. It will offer facultative reinsurance solutions to Honan's existing insurance partners. "We're ...

ETP demand soars, unlisted unit trusts retract

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... 70% jump to $96 billion (US$73.1bn) at the end of 2020. Looking at strategic-beta ETP products specially, demand across the Asia Pacific region outpaced the rest of the world. The research house found that VanEck consolidated its position as the dominant ...

BlackRock hires from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
BlackRock has announced two co-heads of BlackRock Sustainable Investing for Asia Pacific, hiring from AMP Capital. Emily Woodland and Geir Espeskog have been appointed to share the position, both based in Hong Kong. Woodland was previously head of sustainable ...

Fidante opens Singapore office, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... business to set up a Singapore office. Beng Neoh worked at AMP Capital for about 22 years, ending as managing director, North Asia in 2019. He will now lead Fidante's efforts in Singapore. Challenger's chief executive for funds management Nick ...

VGI appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... April 12. Howie headed BlackRock's Australian business from 2011 to 2018 and left for the role of head of index equity, Asia Pacific. His old role was filled by Christian Obrist. "We are delighted to have Jonathan join VGI at such an important time ...

Credit Suisse confirms multibillion-dollar loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... profits in all three of our wealth management businesses, as well as in asset management, with particular strength in our Asia Pacific division," Credit Suisse said. In announcing the hit, Credit Suisse also confirmed investment bank chief executive ...

AMP names new chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... director - insurance - ANZ Wealth. George was previously at ING Insurance and oversaw IT, operations, marketing and product for Asia Pacific and was chief executive of ING Insurance in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and executive director at ING Australia. ...

EG to expand Asia REIT down under

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Fund manager EG is partnering with one of Asia's largest real estate investment trusts (REITs) to manage its investments and acquisitions in Australia. EG will assist Hong Kong-based Link REIT with asset management services to its Australian tenants ...