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Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... 24.4% and 20.9%, respectively. The recovery in oil prices has been initially underpinned by the cold weather in the US and in Asia at the start of the year, along with declining rates of coronavirus infections and vaccine optimism that have allowed the ...

Munich RE appoints Australasia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... being principal officer of Munich Holdings Australasia. Based in Sydney, he will report to Tobias Farny, chief executive, Asia Pacific - greater China and Australia/New Zealand. Ronnenberg who, having successfully led Munich Re's business in Australia ...

Colonial Super Retirement Fund rejigs managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
Colonial Super Retirement Fund and CMLA options have made changes including external managers for nearly 45 options. The changes are effective April 2021 and apply to 19 products available via Colonial Super Retirement Fund and other products issued ...

State Street loses Fearless Girl replica claim

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... Fearless Girl campaign in 2017 to help expand the number of women on corporate boards," a spokesperson for State Street in Asia Pacific said. "Given the time, energy and resources we have invested in the campaign, we naturally must be very protective ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... announced VanEck Vectors Global Clean Energy ETF (CLNE), pending regulatory approval. VanEck managing director and head of Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said: "VanEck will shortly have 28 ETFs listed on the ASX, up from 19 a year ago. These ETFs will leverage ...

T. Rowe Price expands in Asia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... our coverage of and commitment to China, as well as our long-term plan to build a sustainable and diversified business in Asia Pacific," Thomson said. "With more than 5000 names in its investment universe, [China] has emerged as the second largest equity ...

Capgemini names new managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... New Zealand effective 1 March 2021. She succeeds Pietschner who was promoted to the larger role of chief executive of the Asia Pacific Strategic Business Unit earlier this year. O'Brien will lead a team of more than 2000 people across Sydney, Melbourne ...

Global investor confidence suffers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
Global investor confidence has decreased since the start of the year, with large drops in Asia and Europe dragging down the index, according to State Street. The Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 91.9, down 8.9 points from January's revised ...

PIMCO names Asia Pacific lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
PIMCO has named a new lead for its Asia Pacific business as part of an executive shuffle announced overnight. The global fixed income fund manager promoted Alec Kersman as the head of Asia Pacific, leaving behind his role of head of strategic accounts ...

Channel Capital expands overseas

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... markets. "What we want to do with overseas markets is to try to enter them by stealth. We won't be taking massive bets. Asia is a fairly obvious one for us and the Americas with Kudu," he said at the time, followed by UK.