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HSBC appoints wealth leader

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... trajectory of HSBC's retail bank in Australia. She will report to Tricaud directly as well as Kevin Martin, the Asia Pacific head of wealth and retail banking. "Jessica brings to HSBC a very broad and deep knowledge of the Australian financial services ...

Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... sentiment is dim. Previewing the 2019 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities Sean Taylor said three of these economic factors are global and two are more geographically ...

Mercer names senior investment consultant

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... its investment consulting business. Rebecca Jacques joins as a senior investment consultant in the Institutional Wealth Pacific team. Jacques is the former general manager of the Australian Goals Based Advice Association, a role she held from September ...

CFS retail sales lead joins global boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... Australia, overseeing its first office in the country. To date, GQG Partners' products have been distributed in Australia by Pacific Current Group. That partnership will wrap up in May 2019, with GQG now servicing more than 20 local clients totalling ...

New MD for AMP Capital NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... income and will remain a member of the AMP Capital New Zealand board. Graham will report to AMP Capital director Asia Pacific Craig Keary, while Hassell will report to recently appointed global head of public markets Simon Warner. Hassell takes over ...

Mercer creates portfolio management lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... to Mercer, he spent 11 years at the Future Fund where he was head of investment operations. Chief investment officer - Pacific, Kylie Willment said after welcoming McCulloch, the addition of McCabe will bolster Mercer's capabilities in investment ...

Asset manager consolidation top of mind for HNWIs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
More than 95% of high net worth individuals in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) are prepared to consolidate assets with their primary wealth manager, provided there's a strong connection. But it's less likely in Australia. The number dips to 73% ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The $9 trillion manager's Asia Pacific business has a new head as its incumbent moves to a global role. BlackRock's current head of corporate strategy and senior managing director Geraldine Buckingham is taking on the APAC head and chair role. ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... increases to dividend payouts. In underlying terms, Australian payouts rose just 1.3% as compared to the total 6.8% for Asia Pacific. Australia's lackluster performance dragged APAC' s headline growth down by 8.8% alongside Hong Kong. Globally, dividends ...

AI ramping up but legal risks remain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... that existing regulation wasn't sufficient to tackle issues stemming from AI. Baker McKenzie head of TMT for Asia Pacific Adrian Lawrence said this set of numbers as alarming. "Our clients in Australia are telling us that they are keen to avoid any ...