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Nuveen appoints head of consultant relations, APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
Nuveen has strengthened its Asia Pacific global client group with the appointment of a new head for its APAC ex-Japan consultant relations team. Jaxon Rudduck has taken the helm to enhance Nuveen's ties with global investment consulting firms in the ...

Lendlease, Daiwa House strike BTR deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... its workforce. The bulk of the cuts will be in the company's international operations, which span across Europe, the US and Asia. In a staff announcement, Lendlease chief executive Tony Lombardo said the developer would aim to grow its funds management ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... options generated positive returns; half saw double-digit returns. However, the top performer was the Global Companies in Asia option which returned 21%, owed largely to the fact that about 20% of the option is invested in Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet. ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... general manager of asset servicing and then of financial institutions, but also doing a stint as chief operating officer in Asia. Previously he served as chief executive of Asia at MLC. Having worked across the life insurance/reinsurance, funds management ...

Family offices increasingly involved in succession planning

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... succession of wealth and leadership in the families they work with. "While this does not directly reflect the Middle East and Asia, this is the direction of travel for families in the region," Ocorian said. What's more, 86% of respondents said the next ...

European pension fund hands MaxCap $200m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... the undisclosed investor clarified their rationale for shifting focus towards Australia, citing its prominence within the Asia Pacific market as a main driver. "The Asia Pacific region, and in particular, Australia, offers compelling risk-adjusted return ...

ESR appoints investment, operating chiefs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
... Shanghai Hotels Limited. Before this, he was a managing director at JPMorgan and head of real estate investment banking, Asia. ESR Group co-founders and co-chief executives Stuart Gibson and Jeffery Shan congratulated both Daitch and Lawson on their ...

Commonwealth Bank backs Wollemi Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... was created in 2021 by former Macquarie Capital global head Tim Bishop and Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures head of Asia Pacific and Australia Paul Hunyor. Wollemi invests in climate solutions businesses in the food and agriculture, energy transition ...

abrdn's Jollie outlines next steps

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... However, abrdn's Australian staff will now report to Ian Macdonald, APAC chief of staff and deputy chief executive for Asia Pacific. Jollie's career with abrdn spans 23 years including the last 14 years as head of the local business. Previous ...

Maple-Brown Abbott names risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... responsibility for developing and leading the global financial crime program across Australia, the Cayman Islands, the UK, Asia and the US. Before this, she was head of risk management and compliance at IAG Asset Management for over six years. During ...