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State Street partners with wealth management tech provider

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... who have increasingly complex global investments," Taylor added. Marshall Stephen, chief executive officer of FNZ Asia Pacific, said: "The combination of our technology with State Street's strong administration and servicing capabilities is unique in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... Australia, as the weakest iron ore prices in five years hits the resource stocks, City Index head of dealing for the Asia Pacific region Biyi Cheng says. "The materials sector is holding down our market at the moment, especially from BHP," he said, adding ...

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... its life and investments business, Colin Morgan, the role of chief executive of its global life division for the Asia Pacific region. In this role Morgan will assume responsibility for delivering Zurich's global life strategic priorities and initiatives ...

SMEs embracing accounting in the cloud

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... return to out-dated business models. Cloud is the business model of the future across all sectors," Wolters Kluwer Asia Pacific chief executive Russell Evans said. The survey also showed that seven out of 10 accounting firms use a cloud-based application ...

Henderson appoints emerging markets portfolio manager

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... was a senior portfolio manager at First State Stewart (formerly First State Investments Global Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific equities' team) covering global emerging market all cap strategies. He managed US$3 billion as lead manager and was co-lead ...

BNP Paribas names acting head of custody

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... joined BNP Paribas in January 2014 as head of sales. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, he was co-owner of Morse Consulting Asia Pacific, where he led the organisation's expansion into Asia. Perkins has also held roles at State Street and RBC Dexia Security ...

Asia Pacific wealth growth outstrips world average

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The wealth and population of high net worth individuals grew faster in the Asia Pacific region in 2013 than anywhere else in the world, according to the Asia-Pacific Wealth Report 2014 (APWR), published by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management. The region's ...

Custodians make managers more accountable: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... custodians. According to Madhu Gayer, BNP Paribas Securities Services head of investment reporting and performance for Asia Pacific, the access custodians have to a super fund's investments has meant that they can carry out an assessment of whether managers ...

SSgA launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... ETF available for Australian investors via the ASX," said Lochiel Crafter, head of State Street Global Advisors for Asia Pacific. "Australian investors looking to diversify their portfolios by accessing top international companies can now do so through ...

JP Morgan AM rejigs Asia Pacific management team

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
JP Morgan Asset Management has handed Asia Pacific chief executive Jed Laskowitz responsibility for co-managing the group's new global investment solutions business. He will be supported in this new role by Michael O'Brien who is currently head of the ...