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PIMCO selects new head of local business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... at Goldman Sachs from 2014 to 2022 where he was managing director and head of equity finance product in the Asia Pacific region. Watkins was responsible for marketing, distribution, development, and structure of equity finance products. Though over the ...

Investor confidence drops in April: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... North American investor confidence to 95.2 as well as a 6.7 point drop in European ICI to 76.2. Meanwhile, the Asia Pacific region rose 2.4 points to 92.0. According to Rajeev Bhargava, State Street Associates head of Investor Behaviour Research, the ...

Pallas Capital strengthens distribution team

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... servicing high-net-worth investors, family offices and institutional investors in Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region. ​ ​Prior to joining the Pallas Capital team in Sydney, Gowenlock spent 30 years working in money markets across Sydney ...

Aussie government debt to double: Janus Henderson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... Australia's debt burden grew by 11.2% last year, well ahead of the wider world and more than the rest of the Asia Pacific region combined. Over the last five years, the nation's debt has increased by 68%. That said, Australia remains one of the least ...

FSC announces new chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... 2020 as deputy chief executive and has been in the acting role for the past three months. FSC chair, president pacific region and Mercer Australia, chief executive David Bryant congratulated Briggs on his appointment. "The FSC board welcomes Blake to ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... in place." Schoch also noted that the Budget's commitment to assisting with sustainable development in the Indo-Pacific region is lagging. "While we acknowledge the increase in Official Development Assistance (ODA) in this year's Budget, it is still ...

Mercer promotes three to partner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
Mercer has promoted three in the Pacific region to partner level. Senior sustainable investment specialist Jillian Reid, head of market insights Chi Tran and head of Mercer Sentinel, Pacific Tricia Nguyen were all promoted to partner. Mercer president ...

Perennial awards new fund admin mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... well as custody services for the fund. The mandate win for Apex Group follows a series of acquisitions in the Asia Pacific region, including Australian-based Mainstream Group and New Zealand-based MMC. Perennial had a longstanding relationship with Mainstream ...

Brookfield mulls spinning off AM business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... may choose to do nothing, he added. In the same letter, Flatt spoke of the growth the firm has seen in the Asia Pacific region, saying its total assets in the region have now hit US$100 billion. It's quite possible that one-third of Brookfield's ...

Korean pension fund spends in Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... the fund are NPS and Allianz. The aim of the fund is to hold a diversified portfolio of assets across the Asia Pacific region, with the fund having already acquired OUE Bayfront in Singapore last year. "On behalf of NPS and Allianz, we are very happy ...