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Mercer appoints head of superannuation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Mercer has named its new head of superannuation for the Pacific region. Darren Stevens joins Mercer from Bravura Solutions, where he was director, product management and strategy for five years. Before that his roles have included Bravura's head of ...

Smart beta emerging markets ETF launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... Index. To the end of February it has outperformed over one, three, five, 10 and 15 year time periods," VanEck head of Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said. The ASX already has emerging market ETF products and VanEck is looking at an early second quarter launch ...

GBST and super fund collaborate for tax relief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... reporting, taking into account the deferred notional gain that resulted from the legislation, GBST said. GBST head of Asia Pacific, Denis Orrock, said Qantas Super members will benefit greatly from the foresight of their fund in nominating for CGT relief. ...

SMEs shun banks, turn to fintechs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... index shows. The proportion of SMEs planning to use banks dropped from 38% to 24% between 2014 and 2018, the Scottish Pacific SME Growth Index shows. It is recalculated every six months. About half (47.6%) of the 1253 small-to-medium business leaders ...

JBWere senior analyst joins Perennial

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... fixed income offerings. Birch joined Perennial from trading platform OTCX where he served as managing director of the Asia Pacific business. Murray said: "We welcome Dan to the Perennial and Daintree team. His depth of experience will benefit us greatly. ...

Global fund manager promotes, restructures European unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... restructured its European business. TH Real Estate promoted Michael Neal to chief investment officer for Europe and Asia Pacific. London-based Neal joined the firm in 2008 and was previously the head of UK investment. Neal has worked in several executive ...

Global asset manager rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... its distinct brand name re-affirms its key role in its multiaffiliate structure. Closer to home, Natixis' head of Asia Pacific Fabrice Chemouny said APAC is widely expected to be one of the fastest growing global markets for asset management over the ...

Xero appoints former Microsoft Australia chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... the reins at Xero on April 1. Vamos is the former chief executive of Microsoft Australia and New Zealand as well as Asia-Pacific managing director at Apple. Vamos said he was excited by the new role, adding: "I have really enjoyed the opportunity to ...

Longreach inks deal with global data provider

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... manage global active equity strategies and believe this is the future of asset management," Cannon said. Thomson Reuters Pacific financial and risk managing director Daryl Sisson added: "Your quantitative process is only as good as the data behind it. ...

SSGA appoints head of Asia-Pacific

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
State Street Global Advisors named Lochiel Crafter's replacement as the head of its Asia-Pacific business. James MacNevin was previously chief operating officer, Asia-Pacific at SSGA. He joined the company in 1994 as Asia-Pacific head of investment ...