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Investors eager for more bonds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
There have been 13 new convertible bond issuances in the Asia Pacific since last September and as the financial markets recover, investors remain eager for more, according to dealReporter. Comparatively, before the credit crunch, there were 30 new issues ...

QSuper bulks senior investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... corporate treasury and finance in the food, tobacco, oil, and gas industries. Prior to joining QSuper, Chang was the Asia Pacific treasurer for Philip Morris and he managed a corporate superannuation fund's financial risk, cash, and foreign exchange ...

Mercer Sentinel hires two

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... Mercer Sentinel has made two consultant appointments to boost its operational and transactional services across the Asia Pacific. Pushkar Thakur has joined Mercer Sentinel in Sydney from Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance business where he specialised ...

We're feeling better, said Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... that the Government had done enough to address the local economic situation. This was the highest result of all 13 Asia Pacific countries surveyed by ING. Despite the positive figures, Australia still ranks the fourth lowest in sentiment out of those ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... which compiles the self assessment survey data from signatories, also concluded that in general scores recorded by Asia Pacific and emerging markets signatories were lower than those recorded by European and North American signatories. At the same time ...

Corporate governance needs national voice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Asia Pacific investors need to develop an organisation at a national level to effectively manage corporate governance issues, according to a corporate governance expert. Jamie Allen, secretary general at the Asian Corporate Governance Association in ...

CS appoints head of asset management Aus

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... focusing on alternative investments and multi-asset class solutions," said Salman Shoaib, head of asset management, Asia Pacific at Credit Suisse. "Australia continues to be a priority market for Credit Suisse with regard to asset management." Sedillo ...

Morris steps down sooner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... then appointed president and chief executive at Japan Bankers Trust. Later he was head of Deutsche Asset Management Asia Pacific when Bankers Trust was bought by Deutsche Bank. In the initial announcement, Morris said he decided to step aside after seeing ...

RIAA hires ESG manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... officer. She was recently contracted by the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) to evaluate Asia Pacific signatories. "The academy was created to help Australians and international investment communities adopt responsible investment ...

Towers Perrin merges with Watson Wyatt

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... Watson will operate in four geographic locations including North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Latin America. The firm will focus on three segments; benefits, talent and rewards and risk and financial services. The ...