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Financial services deregulation boosts economy by $2bn: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... result in a $800 million-a-year boost. Currently, Australia only exports 6.5% of funds under management, compared to Singapore, which exports 78%. Making Australia truly competitive is made possible by policy changes and forming a "red tape razor gang ...

Goldman Sachs AM nabs Fidelity veteran

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... 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 the region. In her role, Sabrina will partner closely ...

GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
GIC investment chief Jeffrey Jaensubhakij plans to step down after almost three decades at the sovereign wealth fund, according to local reports. It is widely expected that deputy group chief investment officer Bryan Yeo will be promoted to the top ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... was the only region that saw an increase of 2% over the previous year. "While markets such as Australia, Japan, and Singapore continue to have high prevalence of ESG measures in executive incentives, we haven't seen significant change over the past year," ...

January Capital raises $136m for APAC growth credit fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The Singapore-based investment firm has raised more than $136 million (US$85 million) on the first close of its Growth Credit Fund, with the strategy focused on growth-stage technology companies. January Capital secured commitments from financial institutions ...

Vantage Point AM hires from Merricks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Paul Thomas, co-founder of Vantage Point Asset Management, has returned to the Singapore-based hedge fund after a four-year stint at Merricks Capital, the agricultural credit fund. Thomas has departed the firm backed by Melbourne's wealthy Liberman ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... sovereign wealth fund. Brake, a member of the investment and risk advisory panel that advises the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has been appointed to the NZ Super board. As chief investment officer of the Future Fund - and now an independent investment ...

Australia home to 43 billionaires: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... population from 153 to 185; more than half of them (56%) are self-made. Hong Kong is home to 74 billionaires, while Singapore has 47. More broadly, the number of billionaires in APAC fell by 4% to 981 year on year. Their wealth flattened, increasing ...

Con Michalakis jumps to Funds SA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... Investment Partners tasked with looking after the firm's products and services in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. He also served as head of Institutional business for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers based in Sydney. Michalakis ...

Wellington client exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... relationship manager in the Australian client group. Davies will be replaced by Ronan King who currently works in the Singapore office as a regional business manager for the investment platform. Davies is understood to be retiring from full-time work ...