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Australian finance sector jobs plummet

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
Australia has experienced the biggest Asia Pacific slowdown in finance sector jobs in Q1, according to research from website eFinancial Careers. Recording a reduction of 19% in finance sector job opportunities from the previous quarter, Australia lead ...

AMP appoints interim Multiport head

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... $5 billion in funds under advice. Prior to this Ms Roy was the General Manager of American Express Travel across Asia Pacific. She has held a range of positions in financial services including general management, marketing, product development, and operations ...

J.P. Morgan wins four super fund mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Superannuation Fund Authority and NZ$$1.8bn National Provident Fund. Blair Harrison, head of Collateral Management, Asia Pacific, J.P. Morgan WSS said the introduction of more stringent financial regulation globally were expected to impact on the OTC ...

CFD providers form industry body

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... information sharing, legislative changes and current issues facing the industry," said Tamas Szabo, head of IG markets for Asia Pacific. "One of the key drivers behind the Forum is the need to improve investor protection across the industry. This can ...

Market ripe for private equity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... deleverage their balance sheets by 1.5 to 2.5 trillion euros," said Reto Schwager, head of investment solutions, Asia Pacific at Partners Group. "They have to offload a lot of their private equity holdings from their balance sheets and someone has to ...

AMP Capital brings global mngt in-house

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... estate and infrastructure domestically and internationally and we already have a strong client base spread throughout Asia Pacific and Europe." "By bringing the global listed real estate and infrastructure capability wholly in-house, we now have a world ...

AllianceBernstein Australia appoints new CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... York-based global head of client group. Previously, ABAL had been a joint venture between AllianceBernstein and AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH). It is common practice in AllianceBernstein subsidiaries to appoint the CEO from within the marketing ...

Altius makes senior advisory appointments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... of the NSW Government's Asset Management Committee. Other previous roles include managing director and vice chair, Asia Pacific, of RBC Capital Markets and chief executive of NSW Treasury Corporation. He was also the founding managing director of Treasury ...

BlackRock appoints head of strategy group

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... has appointed former J.P. Morgan Private bank executive Joseph Pacini head of Alternative Investors Strategy Group, Asia Pacific ex-Japan. Based out of Hong Kong, Pacini will take responsibility for the firm's alternatives business across the region ...

Legacy systems cause super funds to rethink op models

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... regulatory changes however, necessitates new operating and reporting models for total compliance, according to Nick Quin, Asia Pacific regional director for sales at SimCorp. "There has been M&A activity in recent years, with more expected. There have ...