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Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... moving to meet the demand for trade transparency. According to Omgeo head of strategy and industry relations for Asia Pacific Matthew Chan, institutions are increasingly beginning their conversations with all fund managers with a discussion about risk ...

PIMCO names new head of Asia Pacific

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
PIMCO has appointed its former global head of PIMCO Advisory as its new head of Asia Pacific, an area that includes the Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo offices. Reporting to PIMCO chief executive Douglas Hodge, Eric J. Mogelof will continue to ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... exception where more capital is invested in Europe. Overall, 38% of alternative assets are invested in Europe and 7% in Asia Pacific, with 10% being invested in the rest of the world. Globally, Macquarie Group is the largest infrastructure manager with ...

Global body calls for Asia Funds Passport rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... objectives including supporting deeper financial markets and industry growth to the benefit of investors," ICI Global Asia Pacific chief executive Qiumei Yang said. Yang said changes recommended by ICI Global will help make the passport more economically ...

AXA IM appoints Asia Pacific head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Simon Flood to replace Jean-Pierre Leoni as head of its Asia Pacific business. Leoni is returning to his native France after four years in Asia. He will lead AXA IM's client management group. Based in Hong ...

Liquidnet increases access to India equity trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... in markets that up until now have been too illiquid to invest in." Liquidnet made public its quarterly results in Asia Pacific, which showed the company benefitting from strong demand across the region for safe access to block trading among large institutions. ...

Standard Life Investment property specialist joins Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... Berman has appointed former Standard Life Investment's executive Anton Kwang as a senior portfolio manager for the Asia Pacific region. To be based in Hong Kong, Kwang's appointment marks an expansion of the company's global real estate securities group ...

PROFILE: State Street Global Advisors CEO Lochiel Crafter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Lochiel Crafter was appointed head of the State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) business in Australia and Asia Pacific a year ago. Since then, a number of mandates, appointments and new strategies have kept the company and its CEO busy. By Laura Millan. ...

Morningstar launches stewardship ratings in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... construct and manage portfolios of high-quality investments," Morningstar head of equity and credit research for Asia Pacific Joel Bloomer said. "The stewardship rating deploys a consistent framework designed to facilitate more meaningful security comparisons ...

LaSalle divests Sydney Sofitel Wentworth

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... over 30 years of experience investing in private and public real estate through a range of investment vehicles. In Asia Pacific, it has US$4.8 billion of assets under management and operates seven offices in the region.