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Ex Rest Super exec takes on regional gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... Rest Super's former head of investment risk, has joined FactSet as regional director for asset owners in the Asia-Pacific. After four years with the superannuation fund, Leck has moved to the global financial digital platform and market data provider ...

Private credit start-up hires industry veteran as CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... investments, respectively. Over the last five years, Casey has held contract positions, including head of investment strategy (Pacific) at Mercer and senior manager of investment strategy implementation at TAL, the insurance giant. Kingsmen chief executive ...

Morningstar DBRS expands into regional Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
Global credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS (Morningstar) has announced its expansion into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of a new regional hub in Australia. The Sydney hub will function as a service center for the broader Asia Pacific region. ...

Government taps IFM, Plenary for Southeast Asia boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... investing over $250 million to support investment and the economic growth of Southeast Asia. Announced at the ASEAN Indo-Pacific Forum in Kuala Lumpur this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will invest $175 million in IFM Investors' ...

VanEck joins uranium rush with new ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... (ASX: URAN) will be listed on the ASX on October 30, taking VanEck's total number of ETFs on the ASX to 47. VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron anticipates a long runway for the nuclear ecosystem as more countries come ...

Strategic partnerships focus for global family businesses: Deloitte

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... expected to be the fastest growing region, with estimates that the number of family businesses will rise 12% in 2030, Asia Pacific currently has the most number family businesses in the world totaling 7595. Family businesses currently account for 19% ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... 200,000 investors in the managed funds registry, as well as 200,000 super fund members. Apex Group regional head of Asia Pacific Nicholas Happell says: "We recognise there is an opportunity in superannuation. We acknowledge that there's quite a bit of ...

Local PGIM manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... Australian real estate debt strategy. In July, PGIM Private Alternatives appointed Dan Greyling as vice president for Asia-Pacific business development. Greyling also reports to Wehry.

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Life insurers across the Asia Pacific are favouring multi-alternatives strategies as their top asset class as it offers a more efficient path to portfolio diversification across private assets, new research suggests. BlackRock's 2025 Global Insurance ...

Allianz Retire+ rejigs executive team, product and marketing chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... as head of business management for life protection. Park was previously the regional chief risk officer at Allianz Asia Pacific and based in Singapore. Fink was in finance roles at Capricorn Society and QBE Insurance and before that worked at Allianz ...