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JPMAM appoints sovereign and institutional head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed a new head of sovereign and institutional, Asia Pacific ex-Japan. Rachel Farrell was previously head of sovereign and institutional, South and South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and based in Singapore. ...

Senior female execs needed: BlackRock

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... at least for larger companies during 2017," BlackRock head of corporate governance and responsible investment for Asia Pacific Pru Bennett said. At 17.5%, figures for 2013 put Australia ahead of the global average of 12.7% of women in boards, but behind ...

Australian advisers court Chinese investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
The Asia Pacific Stock Exchange has partnered with AIMS Financial Group to host 200 Australian financial advisers in China in a series of meetings with Chinese investors, institutions and regulators. The advisers, sourced from the Association of Independently ...

Liquidnet increases average trade size in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... trading strategies in historically 'easy to trade' names." The business had a record first quarter in the overall Asia Pacific region, as trading activity increased, particularly in Japan. Principal traded climbed to US$6.8 billion in the region, which ...

Combined Insurance to work with ASIC on fraud leak

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Combined Insurance Asia Pacific executive vice president Christopher Carey has said his company will "work with ASIC" to investigate the misconduct exposed by whistleblower Alison Moore. A former employee of the ACE Group-owned insurance firm, Moore ...

Investors plan to up active allocation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... new survey from Franklin Templeton Investments. The global fund manager asked more than 100 attendees at its recent Asia Pacific Investor Forum about their intentions. It concluded that "Australian investors and their advisers are paying more attention ...

China slowdown will hit Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... World Bank's chief economist for East Asia and the Pacific region, Sudhir Shetty, said many risks remained for East Asia Pacific region "both in the short and long run". The gloomy prediction comes as federal Treasurer Joe Hockey forecast the iron ore ...

Credit Suisse appoints new Australia chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... company's Australian private banking, wealth management and investment banking arms and report directly to Credit Suisse Asia Pacific chief executive Helman Sitohang. Sitohang commented, "John has been a significant contributor to the establishment of ...

Franklin Templeton appoints APAC director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Franklin Templeton has appointed a new director - consultant relations for the Asia Pacific region. Based in the Sydney office, Stephanie Huskins will be responsible for developing investment consultant relationships. Prior to her appointment, Huskins ...

Perpetual appointed RE for Regal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... statement said "Ascalon remains an important shareholder in Regal, and continues to build its business across the Asia Pacific region" with the latest addition being Morphic Funds Management. Perpetual acting general manager regulated fiduciary services ...