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IFM Investors exec heads to Nikko AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
IFM Investors executive director of business development in Asia Pacific has resigned from his role to take up a new position with Nikko Asset Management. Eddy Schipper was "instrumental in establishing IFM's presence in Asia through the launch of the ...

AustralianSuper nabs Future Fund property exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... the role. Keogh joined AustralianSuper in 2013 from Deutsche Bank, where he was chief investment officer for its Asia Pacific alternative investments division. AustralianSuper has been growing its property portfolio over the last few months and unlisted ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Asia. "We're attached as a beta to China," State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Investment Solutions Group for Asia Pacific Mark Wills says. "But ours is a horrendously bad index," he adds, in reference to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...

Australian managers most focused on ESG

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... investment decisions. A global CFA survey of investment professionals found that 78% of CFA Institute members in the Asia Pacific region consider ESG issues. Investors from Europe, the Middle East and Africa region ranked lower at 74%, and were followed ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... during the early years of his career, today State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Investment Solutions Group for Asia Pacific tells Laura Millan that he has learnt to relax watching Youtube videos of economists. "It's almost appalling," Wills says ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... number of professional investors think the key to retail is elsewhere. Lazard Asset Management managing director for Asia Pacific Robert Prugue told Financial Standard that the future is in new vehicles such as mFund or actively-managed exchange traded ...

Executive appointment round-up

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
LUCRF Super head of investments is leaving and J.P. Morgan Asset Management has appointed a chief executive of Asia Pacific, global investment management. These are among the list of the biggest industry moves this week. UniSuper appoints legal specialists ...

Henderson reveals costs of Australian acquisitions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... from us in the remainder of this year. But as we move into 2016 we will look at options." Executive chairman for Asia Pacific Rob Adams said that over the coming months "we will be working with clients of both Perennial businesses to renovate agreements ...

JPMAM appoints APAC chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has appointed the chief executive of Asia Pacific, Global Investment Management (GIM). Michael Falcon was previously head of JPMAM's Asia Pacific funds and he replaces outgoing chief Jed Laskowitz, who will transition ...

Adapt or die, asset managers warned

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... asset owners. State Street surveyed 400 senior executives from investment management firms from Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. Some 96% of asset managers said they were under pressure to reduce their costs and just under half expect competition from ...