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Openmarkets launches custody offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... capability that holds Australian equities on behalf of retail investors. Openmarkets has partnered with Syfe, an Asia-Pacific investment platform that has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. Syfe customers invested in ASX-listed companies ...

iShares hires APAC markets and investments lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
BlackRock's iShares has named an Asia Pacific lead for markets and investments who most recently worked at Goldman Sachs. Joining in May, Nicholas Peach takes the official title of APAC head of markets and investments for iShares and index investments ...

Lending to small businesses increases: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... huge benefits to the economy," the report reads. The survey, which expanded to small businesses operating in the Asia Pacific, found no material increase in the number of businesses that found it difficult paying debts between 2019 and 2022, most likely ...

ASIC bans Queensland adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... the insurance premiums would likely be higher once insurance advice was provided. Allen was self-licensed under Global Pacific Solutions Group since 2019. He was previously a representative of Smart Solutions Group, the director and responsible manager ...

US fund manager sets up Sydney shop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... Adams Street has opened an office in Sydney's Quay Quarter Tower, marking its 13 th office globally and its fifth in Asia Pacific. It already has a presence in Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, and Beijing. The investment manager has about US$52 billion in assets ...

PGIM hires new Australia, NZ head for IRG

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... PGIM's institutional relationship group for Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney and reporting to head of IRG Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) Philip Hsin, Brewer will be responsible for leading the firm's growth plans and continued expansion of its institutional ...

Finance candidates lose salary bargaining power: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... survey. Less than half of candidates (47%) canvassed are scoring a higher salary than initially offered. Robert Half Asia Pacific senior managing director David Jones said companies are now focussed on cost management and only those with the highest ...

Hines buys QLD industrial asset

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... Chiang Ling Ng said he is seeing an increased demand for the cold storage sector not just in Australia, but across Asia Pacific." "Australia is a leader, along with China and India, when it comes to growing demand for cold storage space. "Investments ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... significant government and corporate bond market and is home to the largest financial futures and options exchanges in the Asia Pacific region," the report said. Credit Suisse Australia head of wealth management Michael Marr said that the yearbook shows ...

The unprecedented economic forces shaping the world

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
At the ASFA conference, Macquarie Capital managing director and head of global and Asia-Pacific equity strategy Viktor Shvets said he believes unprecedented economic forces will change the investment climate in the coming decades. Shvets forecasts that ...