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Australian funds turning to bourgeoning Asian REITs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... Australian REIT market is dominated by a handful of names so it's a very chunky index," explained Yeung. "In the Asia Pacific REIT index the largest name only accounts for 6% of the index." The available inventory in Asia is also very different to what ...

LaSalle sells interest in Sydney office building

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... upper office levels. LAOF IV is the fourth in a series of successful opportunity funds launched by LaSalle for the Asia Pacific region, focused on building a diversified portfolio of assets in Australia, China, Japan and South Korea. LaSalle currently ...

Strong passive flows force managers to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... of total net new flows at registered products in the United States during 2014, a survey of 110 European, US and Asia Pacific investment management firms found. At the same time, aggregate average fees declined to 48 basis points (0.48%) from 50 basis ...

Northern Trust wins NZ Super mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... said. Wayne Bowers, chief investment officer for Northern Trust Asset Management for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific added: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to further our relationship with New Zealand Superannuation Fund and look ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed State Street head of Asia Pacific to its board and confirmed that chief economist James Bond has left the organisation. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Asia Pacific, Lochiel Crafter, is ...

mFund doubles size in 6 months

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... total. It is followed by international equities, with 23 funds including global equities (18), emerging markets (2), Asia Pacific ex-Japan (2) and infrastructure (1).

Instos overconfident on drawdown risks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... decisions on behalf of private and public pension funds, endowments and foundations, and sovereign wealth funds in Asia Pacific, Europe and the US. It found that 86% of respondents have implemented downside protection strategies of some kind, with 53% ...

State Street appoints head of custody

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... divisions. Khoury has been at State Street since 2001 and most recently he was head of asset manager sector sales for the Asia Pacific region. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer for global services' in Australia.

Qantas Super chief executive to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... executive position at J.P. Morgan's Australian custody business and prior to that was chief operations officer at AXA Asia Pacific. Commenting on Perry's departure, Qantas Super Anne Ward said that Perry "has steered Qantas Super strategically through ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Asia Pacific is the region where the number of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals grew faster during 2014, the World Wealth Report found. The 19th edition of the report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management revealed that high net worths ...