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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 ...

PIMCO to manage Allianz Real Estate portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... equity and a smaller portion in private real estate lending. Its three main markets are Europe, United States and Asia Pacific. PIMCO is best known for its fixed income strategies, but over the last 12-years has added to its alternatives line-up. Allianz ...

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
Plenary Asia Pacific is set to offload its North American operations to a $390 billion pension fund. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) will acquire Plenary Americas' in addition to the controlling stake already held through its PPP portfolio. ...

Mercer chief executive to step down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... Association of Australia chief executive to begin her new role on April 30. Bloch will also succeed Walsh as Mercer's Pacific zone leader. Mercer president David Anderson paid tribute to Walsh's contribution to the firm, which began in the early 1990s ...

Netflix-for-funds bolsters leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... served as head of marketing at Sydney Futures Exchange. Hirst said Chin's financial markets experience across the Asia Pacific region would help Forum 360's management team to "mould the solution for the intricacies of the distribution channels ...

Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
FTSE Russell has announced a new head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, in a newly-created role. Helena Fung will take on the role, being responsible for FTSE Russell's sustainable investment indexes and data services across the Asia Pacific ...

SSGA slashes ETF fee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... charged management costs of 0.19% p.a. since 2015, when the firm cut the ETF's then 0.286% p.a. fee. Head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution Meaghan Victor said the firm's decision to slash STW's costs underlines its commitment to value "without compromising ...