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BlackRock names regional insto client lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
BlackRock's high-profile George Maltezos.has broadened his role to lead institutional client business for South East Asia. This is the third new role for Maltezos during his two years at the world's largest asset manager. First, he was head ...

PIMCO hires former Global X sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Kanish Chugh, former head of distribution at Global X, has scored a top sales role at PIMCO Australia. PIMCO confirmed Chugh's appointment as head of ETF sales. The hire comes eight months after he joined the asset manager as a senior vice president ...

Briefcase launches five SMAs on Praemium

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Direct indexing platform Briefcase has partnered with Praemium to launch five separately managed accounts (SMA) for retail investors. The five diversified risk-based model portfolios of Conservative, Moderate, Balanced, Growth, and High Growth are now ...

BlackRock's Chantal Giles expands role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Chantal Giles, head of wealth at BlackRock Australasia, has taken on an additional role within the US$11.5 trillion asset management firm. Effective February 1, 2025, Giles will also head up APAC strategic clients and business development. In her expanded ...

Fidelity picks Southeast Asia lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Fidelity International has appointed Wildon Goh as head of Southeast Asia and country head of Singapore. Goh succeeds Sabrina Gan who left the firm in December to Goldman Sachs' client solutions group as head of third-party wealth in Southeast Asia. ...

More climate exits as Trump takes charge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Northern Trust and two other asset managers have left Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) as four banks exit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Northern Trust is the latest to depart both CA100+ and Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM); MFS Investment ...

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
BlackRock has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the State of Tennessee, which alleged the asset manager misled consumers about how much its investment strategies were influenced by ESG considerations. Tennessee's suit alleged BlackRock failed ...

Global ETF inflows hit US$2tn: ETFGI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Money pouring into global exchange-traded funds (ETF) hit a record high of US$1.9 trillion during 2024, new insights from research firm ETFGI shows. SSGA's SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) raked in the highest net inflows of US$626 billion during the ...

Goldman Sachs AM nabs Fidelity veteran

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Goldman Sachs has confirmed that Sabrina Gan has joined the client solutions group as a managing director and head of third-party wealth in Southeast Asia. Based in Singapore, Gan will focus on driving growth with our third-party wealth clients across ...

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
BlackRock senior managing director, head of global client business Mark Wiedman - who was regarded as a potential successor to chief executive Larry Fink - is exiting the asset manager. Wiedman is responsible for BlackRock's commercial relationships ...