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Riding the retirement tidal wave

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... and more specifically financial planning, according to State Street Global Advisors head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific Jonathan Shead. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income, Shead noted that based ...

Atlantic Pacific Securities rebrands for wealth focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
Diversified funds management and financial advice firm Atlantic Pacific Securities is rebranding to ASR Wealth Advisers. The rebranding from APSEC to ASR Wealth Advisers (ASRW) aims to better align with the Australian Stock Report brand which is also ...

Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... sector. The annual Willis Towers Watson global alternatives survey of 562 investment managers (which included 47 from Asia Pacific) found real estate managers (35%) hold the lion's share of AUM followed by private equity fund managers and hedge funds ...

Digital revamp for Citi wealth arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... leader in the region. Speaking at a Sydney media roundtable yesterday, Citi Australia head of consumer banking in Asia Pacific, Anand Selva, said because clients are inundated with an abundance of information, they want an expert who can provide credible ...

Two appointments for BTFG life business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... pricing and management. She left the company in January last year to take up a director of product development position at Pacific Life Re before re-joining BTFG. Another addition to the life insurance team is Mark Bower as national manager of acquisitions ...

Vanguard global chief executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... funds and ETFs. Davis led the fixed income group since 2014 and prior to that served as chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and was a director of Vanguard Investments Australia. He joined the firm in 1999 in portfolio management and trading. Davis' ...

China awards private fund license to $900bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... for both onshore and offshore investors and a strong partner to Chinese clients investing overseas." UBS AM head Asia-Pacific Rene Buehlmann said: "UBS Asset Management is the first international manager with a [Qualified Domestic Limited Partnership] ...

BlackRock hires new executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... cash ETFs in June. BlackRock also announced Kathryn Barnes is the new head of digital technology for Australia and Asia Pacific. She joined the firm in 2000 and most recently served as chief operating officer for about two years. In the newly created ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... they'll unlikely replace the traditional function of big players such as banks. CFA Institute director of content for Asia Pacific and co-author of the report, Larry Cao said fintechs have the ability to build smart experiences that banks couldn't or ...

Transport bolsters listed infrastructure demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... Australian listed infrastructure offers some of the best quality assets and highly attractive yields, not only across the Asia-Pacific region but on a global scale, an investment specialist says. The transportation sector, particularly airports and toll ...