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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 ...

Nuveen APAC lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... the Nuveen real estate business in the region. Kavanagh joined the firm as managing director in November 2017 based in Hong Kong before her taking on her new role in January this year. Rick Marston assumed the title of head of Australian transactions ...

Macquarie head joins alternative platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... are often only available to institutions. Brookman will set up the Australian business for Altive, which is based in Hong Kong, and will be country head for Australia and managing partner. He was previously at Macquarie Group for more than 13 years ...

Citi to exit consumer banking in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... strategic review, with the company now focusing its consumer banking business on four "wealth centres" - Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates and London. "As a result of the ongoing refresh of our strategy, we have decided that we are going to ...

Sydney multi-boutique adds crypto fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
A Sydney multi-boutique has signed on a passive fund that tracks Bitcoin and will offer it to Australian investors. The fund is managed by Arrano Capital and is open to institutional investors and will be distributed by Mantis Funds. It is Caymans domiciled ...

BlackRock hires from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... Pacific, hiring from AMP Capital. Emily Woodland and Geir Espeskog have been appointed to share the position, both based in Hong Kong. Woodland was previously head of sustainable investment at AMP Capital, heading up the firm's ESG public market fund ...

T.Rowe Price adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
The global investment manager has shifted its US-based head of internal audit to Hong Kong as APAC regional operating officer. Mike Weigand joined T.Rowe Price in 2018 and in addition to his role oversaw the firm's COVID-19 response. Weigand previously ...