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VanEck restructures three ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... October 4. There will be no change in the management costs of the three ETFs, VanEck managing director and head of Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said. "We expect the restructure will support increased demand for these three international ETFs, which have ...

MLC Wealth appoints chief operating officer

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... consultant. Prior to BTFG, he spent 13 years at Mercer where his roles included chief operating officer for their Asia Pacific business and, whilst based in London, global business leader for the asset class and manager research specialists, and global ...

Global fintech appoints head of Asia

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... October. Imad Abou-Haidar joins from London-headquartered software firm Finastra, where he was managing director for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. Abou-Haidar had worked at Finastra since 2016 as managing director for the Asia-Pacific ...

Pendal hires State Street exec

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... regions. Before State Street, Good spent seven years at BlackRock, serving as head of the iShares ETF business in Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong before he moved onto become managing director and head of strategy for the region. Good said he looks forward ...

M&G sets up shop down under

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... investment capabilities for institutional clients. James MacKinnon moved from his M&G role as head of asset management, Asia Pacific, now leading M&G real estate business in Australia. His previous roles includes a vice presidency at AIG, and time at ...

SSGA global equity beta head retires, promotes two

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... 20 years of service. She was responsible for overseeing about $140 billion in assets within 120 portfolios across Asia Pacific excluding Japan. Darroch was also a director and responsible manager of SSGA Australia Services, the responsible entity of ...

Zurich inks exclusive retail distribution deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... terminated the funds last month. In October last year, Celeste bought back a stake in the business previously owned by Pacific Current Group, taking the firm's equity to a 90% ownership by the investment team.

Zurich chief to depart, successor named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... recently, the successful completion of Zurich's acquisition of OnePath Life. Zurich regional chief executive for Asia Pacific Jack Howell said: "Our Australian life insurance operations are now our largest regional revenue contributor and underpin our ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... investment in fintech continue at a level on pace to set a new record annual high if investment levels continue. In the Asia-Pacific, fintech investments have been muted to $3.6 billion across 102 deals, likely driven by trade tensions between the US ...

Super fund awards Australian equity mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... good momentum with institutional investors and wide recognition of our range of domestic income solutions, and our Asia Pacific Real Income, value equity and core equity strategies," he said.