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SSGA expands risk-based ETF model portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... meet a broad range of investor needs and risk profiles. SSGA managing director and head of ETF model portfolios in EMEA and APAC Kathleen Gallagher said the High Growth option will have an allocation of close to 90% to growth assets. She said this was ...

SSGA appoints local head of intermediary

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and fund solutions. He reports directly to Meaghan Victor, who is the head of intermediary for APAC. MSCI hired Bradbury in 2015 as an executive director of client coverage and strategy for Australia and New Zealand. Bradbury ...

PGIM expands APAC team with local hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... Pacific. The US$1.3 trillion asset management business of Prudential Financial has appointed Dan Greyling as vice president - APAC business development for its newly created private alternatives business. The new business - which brings together all ...

Unprecedented vulnerabilities in financial services: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
KPMG specialists say disruptive technologies, particularly generative AI, and the imperative to automate, are exposing financial services executives to unprecedented vulnerabilities. In Australia, KPMG partner Matt O'Keefe noted that heightened customer ...

Partners Group launches private infra fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... Global Value Fund and Global Income Fund. Nicholas Kuys, managing director and head of infrastructure asset management for APAC at Partners Group, said: "Infrastructure as an asset class continues to offer significant growth opportunities. Partners Group's ...

Goldman Sachs names new head of Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... senior executive with Western Union Australasia. Before that, he spent a decade at Deutsche Bank as managing director and APAC regional business head. Earlier in his career, he also held roles at J.P. Morgan and Citibank. Davis began his career with ...

Four out of five workers to search for new jobs: Hays

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... their next review. However, only 49% of employers in NSW intend to provide pay rises exceeding 3%. Hays chief executive of APAC Mathew Dickason said that the discrepancy between what employees want and what employers are willing to offer will play out ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
The short-term outlook for APAC may appear cautious but long-term investors will remain attracted to the fundamental growth potential of the region's emerging markets, according to an Alternatives in APAC 2024 report from Preqin. Preqin analysts maintained ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... was previously chief executive of Lumea, a transmission services business owned by Transgrid, and before that head of Engie APAC, the energy generator and distributor. Meanwhile, Richard Van Breda joins QIC Infrastructure as a senior advisor covering ...

Genium scores consultancy mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
... research. Murphy spent over 17 years at Morningstar, with the last seven years serving as the director of manager research for APAC. Genium also promoted Leo Mauceri in March to general manager for strategy and operations.