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LaSalle acquires Tokyo office complex

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... Gajoen in the current environment," LaSalle head of acquisitions, Japan Nick Okumura said. LaSalle co-head and CIO for Asia Pacific Mark N. Gabbay added, "LaSalle maintains a balanced investment strategy in Japan, investing across different asset types ...

LaSalle appoints head of funds from Charter Hall

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... Australia Club Investments Trust (LACIT). Forbes joins LaSalle from Charter Hall, where he worked for nine years in the Asia Pacific market, leading a $2 billion Core Plus Fund. "Australia is a key market for LaSalle to scale our core and core plus business ...

Retail investor confidence in domestic market low

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... meaningful diversification in investment portfolios," GSAM managing director and head of third party distribution for Asia Pacific (ex-Japan), Jessica Jones, said. "Of particular concern was the fact that those aged over 65, who should be focused on ...

Dai-ichi Life expands US, Asia Pacific presence

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Dai-ichi Life, Japanese parent company of Australian life insurer TAL, is expanding its operations in the US and Asia Pacific regions. It announced last week that it would be establishing regional headquarters in these regions, along with acquiring 100% ...

CFA names new president and chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing director and global head of institutional partnerships, Paul Smith, has been named as the organisation's new president and chief executive. The appointment, effective immediately, comes after an extensive global ...

Multi asset and income in favour: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Multi-asset and income-oriented solutions are demanding the most attention from investors in the Asia Pacific, according to PIMCO's managing director for the region Eric Mogelof. Over several months, Mogelof visited clients in Australia, New Zealand ...

APX to be integrated into IRESS platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX) and IRESS have announced that the APX market will be fully integrated into IRESS institutional and wealth management platforms. This will give Australian IRESS clients access to APX market activity and order management ...

State Street appoints APAC head to global committee

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... Corporation has appointed Wai Kwong Seck, head of State Street's global services and global markets businesses in Asia Pacific, to its management committee. Also promoted to the management committee, the company's senior-most strategy and policy making ...

J.P. Morgan acquires Asia REIT platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has acquired Aviva Investors Asia Pacific real estate platform, a direct real estate investment management platform operating in Australia, Japan and Singapore. Through this acquisition, J.P. Morgan Asset Management has ...

Threadneedle set for name change

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... firms under a single global brand is the natural next chapter and is an exciting development for us," Threadneedle Asia Pacific chairman Raymundo Yu, said: "Our business in Asia leverages the considerable investment capabilities of Threadneedle Investments ...