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Paying super on parental leave could help gender gap: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... Gender Equity Report today, which provides "an unprecedented view" of the pay equity issue in Australia. Leader of Mercer's Pacific talent business Garry Adams said while 66% or organisations provide super on the company paid portion of parental leave ...

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... of "accurate, customisable benchmarking for their global equities portfolios." MSCI managing director and head of Asia-Pacific Chris Ryan said superannuation fund clients have an increasing need for accurate after-tax calculations, based around the MSCI ...

AXA IM targets under-researched stocks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... small cap stocks above US$100 million ($139.6 million) in North America (58.1%), Europe (25.3%), Japan (10.1%) and Asia Pacific (6.5%).

Finsia partners with Hong Kong institute

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... professional standing, as well as access to career development, education programs and community networks in two of Asia-Pacific's largest financial services markets. HKSI Institute chief executive Edith Ngan Chan said the relationship builds on a suite ...

Mercer creates new role for innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... investments business, retains this role and succeeds Thorburn as retirement business leader. Mercer managing director and Pacific market leader, Ben Walsh, said Thorburn was well credentialed for the newly-created role, having led both product teams ...

Administrator buys Asia-Pacific hedge fund business

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
The fund branch of an Australian boutique administrator has acquired the Asia-Pacific hedge fund administration business of Alter Domus. MainstreamBPO announced its US$1 million initial purchase price to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and ...

FSI retirement response receives support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... models for a formal competitive process for allocating default fund members to products." Mercer managing director and Pacific market leader, Ben Walsh, is calling on the government to enact the CIPR proposal within two years. "For too long there has ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... Australia's neighbours may play. "Half of the 25 countries rate towards the bottom. A lot of those countries are in the Asia-Pacific region which are our nearest neighbours and some of the largest countries in the world in terms of population," Auster ...

BNP Paribas launches APAC philanthropy program

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... has launched a philanthropy program that will help young people in 26 countries, including seven projects in the Asia Pacific region. Dream Up will encourage 30,000 young people to practice an art form which can improve their self-confidence. Youngsters ...

Man Group appoints APAC director

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
Man Group has promoted its head of client business in Australia to the role of managing director for the Asia Pacific region. Hersh Gandhi will be responsible for APAC ex-Japan, effective immediately. He will lead the alternative investment manager's ...