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New chief for Willis Re Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Philipsz had worked with Willis Tower Watson Securities since 2016, serving as managing director and co-head of the Asia-Pacific region. Philipsz is replacing Cameron Green, who is moving into the role of head of international casualty reinsurance at ...

Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Prevention confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in Washington State. This followed the share market declines in the Asia Pacific time zone -- the MSCI Asia Pacific index (ex-Japan) dropped by 1.0%, the Nikkei-225 fell by 0.8%, the Shanghai composite ...

Fixed income giant names Australia head

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... new Australia head, promoting the incumbent to a regional leadership role. PIMCO managing director and co-head of Asia-Pacific portfolio management Rob Mead is set to head PIMCO's Australia office. It comes as Adrian Stewart is promoted to the role ...

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... noted that the rise of Asia is amongst the challenges facing Australia, with the report estimating that by 2030 the Asia-Pacific region will be home to 65% of the world's middle class. "Unless Australia can boost its competitiveness and diversify its ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... portfolio's global equities allocation, higher yielding stocks and corporate bonds make up the greatest exposure. VanEck Asia Pacific managing director Arian Neiron said the portfolio will reap income for investors. "VanEck's new Income ETF Model ...

Former RBC I&TS lead joins tech firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... five years before leaving in May 2019. Prior to that he held a number of roles at the custodian, including head of Asia Pacific and was chief executive of the original RBC Dexia joint venture. Before joining RBC in 2009, Travers was senior vice president ...

Gardior adds board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... winning the mandate to manage The Infrastructure Fund in late 2018. Head of MIRA Australia Grant Smith and head of MIRA Asia-Pacific Frank Kwok joined the Gardior board in December 2019. Smith and Kwok now sit alongside QIEC Super chair Terry Burke ...

Fixed income ETFs prosper despite low rates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... compound annual growth rate of more than 23% over the past five years, which Vanguard head of ETF capital markets for Asia Pacific Minh Tieu put down to more investors jumping on board with ETFs than ever before. While 2019's challenging market conditions ...

US private investment firm appoints first Aussie partner

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... Bain Capital, after five years with the firm. Prior to the promotion, Murphy served as the managing director of the Asian Pacific private equity team, working out of both the Sydney and Hong Kong offices. Murphy played a key role in opening Bain Capital ...

Global manager's Aussie distribution head retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... great work Murray has achieved and the business' long-term success," the company's head of distribution for Asia Pacific Nick Trueman said in a statement. "Today, T. Rowe Price Australia is among the highest inflow managers for global equities ...