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Natixis IM appoints chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... asset & wealth management. He was previously chair and chief executive of AllianceBernstein for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and in the same role for Japan. Prior to this, Ryan was chief investment officer for AXA Japan and head of quantitative ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... Investec said it would withdraw from the Australian market after 23 years to focus on core markets of the UK and South Africa. It employed 98 staff. The corporate advisory business will be spun out as a successor entity owned by the senior leadership ...

KKR names local real estate head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... over eight years at BlackRock in several roles including managing director head of real estate Europe, the Middle East and Africa and chief executive of MGPA in Europe. He was previously at Lendlease where he was chief financial officer retail & communities ...

T. Rowe Price hires ETF consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... relationship. Walesby worked in ETFs for nine years in London, including head of capital markets for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Invesco Powershares. He moved to Sydney in 2015, to replace the head of ANZ ETFs as it formed a joint venture (since ...

Boutique manager hires from Talaria

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... as a project manager for interest rate, foreign exchange and credit derivatives products and worked at Deloitte in South Africa and Chicago. Alphinity principal and chief executive Johan Carlberg said Jonker is a welcome addition to the team. "Her role ...

NEOS shakes up leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
NEOS Life has made several senior appointments, including new leads for its actuary, claims and implementation departments. Kirshan Reddy joined as chief actuary in February after working at MLC Life Insurance as the head of profitability and performance ...

UK drags Bravura performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... operations, professional services work has declined thanks to COVID-19 and uncertainty in the market continues. Meanwhile, South Africa has been significantly impacted by the pandemic and has prompted Bravura to implement tighter cost control. "Furthermore ...

BlackRock appoints APAC lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... head of Asia Pacific, as Geraldine Buckingham moves into an advisory role. Currently head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Rachel Lord will take over from Buckingham in May of this year. Buckingham, who has held the role since November 2018, will ...

Milestone launches asset allocation tool

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... structures, shared data, and process driven capabilities. Milestone first launched in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa and has been servicing insurance companies and outsourced chief investment officers.

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...