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AMP chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... revelations at the hearing. Hazelton is the former chief executive of Mizuho Bank in Australia and Commonwealth Bank in Japan. She is currently a non-executive director for the Treasury Corporation of Victoria, Persol Australia Holdings, and the Australia-Japan ...

EQT winds up Mirae Asia equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... of Asian companies. Its objective was to benefit from the growing consumption activities of the Asian region, excluding Japan. It invested nearly all its assets in the Mirae Asset Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund, a sub-fund of the Luxembourg-domiciled ...

Actively managed, ESG funds top 2023 outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... 14% higher respectively. Mutual fund assets in Australia and China jumped by 18% in local currency terms, while those in Japan grew by more than a quarter. ESG-dedicated funds lost $15.7 billion (US$10.2bn), led by European investors. UK investors redeemed ...

Schroders shutters Asian Shares Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... the fund is in the best interests of investors." The fund, which invested in large cap companies in Asia Pacific excluding Japan, had about $18.4 million in funds under management at December 2023 end. Over 10 years, the fund has returned about 9.8%. ...

UBS welcomes head of wholesale

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
Thira Ngoeun has been appointed as UBS Asset Management's head of wholesale client coverage, Australia. Ngoeun joins from BNP Paribas Asset Management where he was head of wholesale distribution at BNP Paribas, Australia and New Zealand. In his new ...

APAC investors embrace value-added strategies: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... overall portfolio was ranked as the most important attraction to real estate as an asset class. According to the report, Japan stands out as the most attractive investment decision this year in the region, with Tokyo and Osaka ranking second and third ...

BlackRock appoints new head of APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... platform." BlackRock has also named head of Australasia Andrew Landman and head of APAC institutional and head of North Asia (Japan and South Korea) Hiroyuki Shimizu as deputy heads of APAC. In addition to leading teams in Australia and New Zealand markets ...

PineBridge Investments names distribution head for APAC, EMEA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... head of wealth management for Asia. Prior to joining PineBridge, Kopitsis was head of intermediary distribution, Asia ex-Japan, for BNY Mellon in Singapore, he was responsible for managing operations as well as the development and delivery of differentiated ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to acquire Link Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... head of MUFG investor services, said The Trust Bank is "one of the largest pension and stock administration providers in Japan and we look forward to jointly growing in this space". "Also, we truly believe that the acquisition of Link Group will further ...

Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... US$14.7 trillion. Nearly two-thirds (62%) of this sample suffered losses, including six of the 10 largest pension funds. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund declined 5.2%; South Korea's National Pension Service dropped by 16.8%; and Dutch fund ...