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Fidelity hires sustainability director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Fidelity International has appointed a director of sustainable investing who is based in Hong Kong. Gabriel Wilson-Otto will further integrate sustainability considerations into Fidelity's investment process, working closely with the research unit on ...

State Street appoints APAC head of asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... segment. In his most recent role, he was KPMG's head of the Wealth and Asset Management Centre of Excellence, focusing on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and mainland China clients. Prior to this, he was the chief operating officer of ...

Schroders launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... The Schroder All China Equity Opportunities Fund is actively managed and will invest in China A-Shares, Chinese and Hong Kong listed companies and US-listed ADRs. It's a fundamental, bottom-up fund which aims to outperform the MSCI China All Shares Index ...

JPMAM Australia chief to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... and South East Asia, Australian and New Zealand. She then took on the same role for the Asia Pacific region, based in Hong Kong. Farrell relocated to Sydney when she was appointed to lead the local business in November 2016 ; the first chief executive ...

New partnership for BC Investment Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... BC Invest is a majority-owned subsidiary of Far East Consortium International Limited, a conglomerate listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Novatti said it is in regular communication with APRA on assessment of its application for a restricted banking ...

Grant Thornton sells private wealth division

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... owners of Oreana Private, aligned with dealer group Oreana Financial Group. Oreana provides services in Australia and Hong Kong. Following the sale, Black, Kenderes and Perresini will be joined by several Grant Thornton employees. "The Private Wealth ...

Morningstar executive joins JANA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... in operational risk management and prior to joining Morningstar was a senior manager, operational control at RBC in Hong Kong. Cheng was previously spent a decade at NAB in roles including manager of management assurance, manager of investment services ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... shows no sign of abating. Korea also hitting a second-wave high, Singapore called off its proposed travel bubble with Hong Kong as it found its biggest cluster since September. Manila hospitals still at breaking point." And... "Japan to declare COVID-19 ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... that the country's debt-to-GDP ratio in 2020 reached 55%, which is still among the lowest in the developed world. Hong Kong and South Korea recorded similar debt-to-GDP levels. Sivapalan said Australia's 0.76% effective yield on its bonds on ...

Perks names investment chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... and was previously managing director - senior portfolio manager in the Asian fundamental equities team at BlackRock in Hong Kong. Prior to joining BlackRock, Hall was a senior investment officer at Argo Investments where he was involved in managing the ...