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Citi adds to APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Stella Choe has been named as the new head of Citi's Global Subsidiaries Group (GSG) for Asia Pacific. Choe will replace Munir Nanji, who has taken a new role as head of the Central Europe Cluster and Citi country officer for Czech Republic. Choe will ...

Australian billionaires double fortunes during pandemic: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
The wealth of Australia's 47 billionaires has doubled to $255 billion in the last two years, according to anti-poverty charity Oxfam. A briefing published today by Oxfam, Inequality Kills, has warned of the deadly nature of the world's growing ...

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 ...

Blackstone inches closer to Crown Resorts deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
Australia's biggest casino operator Crown Resorts said on Thursday its board was likely to back an improved $8.87 billion buyout proposal from US private equity firm Blackstone Inc unless a higher offer emerged. Currently, James Packer's Consolidated ...

ETFs had best year in 2021: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
The Australian ETF industry saw its best year on record in 2021 with $25.9 billion in cash flows and $134 billion in assets under management. Vanguard data revealed that investor flows into ETFs increased by 28% in 2021 in the face of ongoing COVID-related ...

Investors reveal strong appetite for real estate in 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
INREV's 2022 Investment Intentions report finds that institutional investors plan to deploy at least €68.2 billion into global real estate this year. The Investment Intentions Survey, published annually by the European Association for Investors in ...

Aon appoints head of wealth solutions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
In a move to align its superannuation, wealth consulting and actuarial services businesses Aon has appointed a head of wealth solutions for Australia. Saffron Sweeney has been appointed head of wealth solutions, Australia and chief actuary for wealth ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
Australia, together with other rich countries, can expect economic activity to slow down in 2022 as coronavirus outbreaks continue to put a spanner in the works. Fund manager PIMCO has downgraded its developed markets outlook for countries that also ...

Zurich makes key health appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
Insurance giant Zurich has appointed a new chief medical officer and marketing and communications manager for its health services business in Australia. William (Bill) Monday has joined Zurich as chief medical officer and Stephanie Pierce has been appointed ...

SSGA regional product lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
The head of ETF product in Asia Pacific for State Street Global Advisors has taken a similar role with a European ETF provider. Mandy Chiu has been appointed head of product at Tabula Investment Management. In the new role, she will work closely with ...