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PwC appoints insurance leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
PwC Australia today announced the appointment of Yoshiro Makita as insurance leader for Australia within the firm's Financial Services business. Makita joined the Australian firm, transferring from PwC Japan where he led that its insurance consulting ...

Global dividend income growth to continue: Plato

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
Plato Investment Management predicts income from global shares will continue to rise in 2022, following a strong 2021 calendar year. The fund manager's Global Income Report shows dividend income increased in all but one country (Switzerland) when comparing ...

PineBridge hires Asia wealth management lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
PineBridge Investments appointed a head of wealth management for the Asia region in a newly created role. The global asset manager has hired Nicolas Kopitsis, who finished up at BNY Mellon Investment Management in April 2021. At BNY, Kopitsis was the ...

U Ethical Investors announces new relationship manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
U Ethical Investors has announced the appointment of Satoko Asai to relationship manager. Asai joins U Ethical's distribution team at a pivotal time, as the fund manager expands further into wealth management and institutional markets. With over ...

AMP North further expands menu

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
AMP's platform North made 20 investment options available in December. One dozen sustainability and eight technology-themed options are now available to financial advisers. The technology-themed options reflect growing appetite among advisers and ...

Janus Henderson appoints head of distribution for Asia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
Janus Henderson Group has appointed Andrew Hendry to the role of head of distribution in Asia (ex-Japan). He will join in February 2022 and report to to Suzanne Cain, global head of distribution. Hendry will be based in Singapore and his remit will ...

Governance tops ESG priorities: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... and New Zealand (55%) lead the US (47%) and Canada (52%) when it comes to hiring ESG experts (55%). Meanwhile, Europe and Japan (88%) lead the pack, followed by the UK (63%) and Asia excluding Japan (60%). The survey also found that the investment industry ...

Economic recap: Week to October 29

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
By most accounts, Jacinda Ardern's island has succeeded in combatting the coronavirus pandemic. As at October 26, worldometer.com data showed that New Zealand ranked among one of the countries in the world with the lowest case of COVID-19 infections ...

Macquarie leads Aussie managers in global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
Macquarie Group continues to be Australia's largest fund manager with US$424 billion in assets and places it 64th in a global ranking. In this year's top 500 largest global asset managers list compiled by Willis Towers Watson and Thinking Ahead ...

Pendal FUM rises despite mandate losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Several mandate losses did not dampen Pendal Group's 30% increase in funds under management for the September quarter. Pendal's total FUM grew to $139.2 billion from $106.7 billion quarter on quarter, a trading update on the ASX shows. For its ...