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Liquidnet appoints sales manager for Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... Bank, UBS and, most recently, Instinet. The appointment follows consecutive record-breaking quarters for Liquidnet Asia Pacific, with over $5 billion traded across ten markets in the region during the March and June quarters. For the June 2013 quarter ...

US foreign exchange group sets up in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Toronto-based foreign exchange and global payments company Cambridge Mercantile Group has opened its Asia Pacific regional office in Sydney, recognising the increasing importance of the local currency. Cambridge said a strong economy has seen the Australian ...

Standard Life sales spike after global expansion

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... growth has been that we have been working on expanding our global footprint," Standard Life head of Business in the Asia Pacific region Simone Bouch told Financial Standard. "The US, Canada and the Asian markets have contributed to the spike of growth," ...

Deutsche appoints new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... in Australia and New Zealand. In his new role, McMurdo will report to Deutsche's co-chief executive officers for Asia Pacific Gunit Chadha and Alan Cloete. Announcing the appointment, Chadha said: "James McMurdo is one of the most respected bankers in ...

Russell appoints global CIO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... current Russell CIO Peter Gunning will return to Australia and will take over the role of Alan Schoenheimer as Russell Asia Pacific chief executive. Schoenheimer will then transit to a non-executive advisory role. Gerard Fitzpatrick, currently a senior ...

Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Investors must not unfairly mark down structurally sound Asia Pacific economies following the disappointing recent performance of the emerging markets region as a whole, according to Standard Life Investments investment director, global strategy Jason ...

Nikko consolidates Asian growth with key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... appointments are expected to broaden Nikko AM's investment capabilities and strengthen the group's key areas of expertise in Asia Pacific equities and fixed income. Yu-Ming Wang, Nikko AM's international chief investment officer who joined the firm earlier ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher. The asset allocation expert says that the changing fixed income environment will be best negotiated ...

Credit Suisse Asia Pac private banking chairman steps down

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Credit Suisse chairman of private banking for the Asia Pacific region Marcel Kreis has stepped down from his role this month, the financial services company has confirmed. Kreis joined Credit Suisse in February 2007 as head of private banking for Asia ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... planners joining online, Fidelity Asia fund manager David Urquhart talked through the structural shifts that had led the Asia Pacific ex Japan region to outperform all other markets over the last decade. He explained that while cheap labour had contributed ...