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Chi-X Australia being acquired by private equity firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... Tal Cohen. "Over the past five years, Chi-X has established itself as an integral part of the financial markets in Asia Pacific through our commitment to competition and innovation." J.C. Flowers & Co managing director Thierry Porte added, "The Chi-X ...

Barclays to axe jobs worldwide, exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... Australian offices. In an internal staff memo, Barclays Investment Bank chief executive Thomas King said that while "Asia Pacific is an important part of our global network... [we will have] a physical presence only in China, Hong Kong, India, Japan ...

Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... company's active Australian equities Annual Review and Outlook 2015/2016, SSGA's head of active quantitative equity for Asia Pacific, Olivia Engel and senior portfolio manager Toby Warburton said events since the beginning of the year "characterise our ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... Investments directly engaged with 362 public companies held in its investment portfolios, of which 25% were from the Asia-Pacific region including Australia.

Time running out to book places for Chief Economists Forum

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... potential impact on the year ahead. The audience will hear forecasts from Kevin Anderson, head of investments for Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisers (SSGA), as well as Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur, Australian Industry ...

Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... tossing and turning during the night, according to the survey. Mercer retirement and investments consulting business leader Pacific, Graeme Mather, said he was not surprised that regulatory change and adequacy of post-retirement solutions were chief ...

Northern Trust wins Mutual Trust custody mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... non-aligned, sophisticated wealth management solutions to our clients." Northern Trust head of global fund services Asia-Pacific, Peter Jordan, said the firm sees "a continual shift towards diversified global investment strategies and this new partnership ...

New role for IOOF executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... Lonsdale. He stayed on to assist with the integration of Shadforth Financial Group, incorporating Plan B, and Western Pacific over the past 12 months. An IOOF spokesperson said Farrell oversaw a significant improvement of IOOF's advice business during ...

Custodian appoints new APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services has announced a new head of Asia-Pacific. The internal appointment sees Philippe BenoA(R)t move in to the APAC role, succeeding Lawrence Au who remains with the bank as executive adviser and begins his ...

IFM Investors sell Pacific Hydro to SPIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Global fund manager IFM Investors has sold Australian clean energy company Pacific Hydro to the Chinese-based State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). IFM Investors was not surprised by the level of buyer interest in the business which runs 19 wind ...