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IFM Investors exec heads to Nikko AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
IFM Investors executive director of business development in Asia Pacific has resigned from his role to take up a new position with Nikko Asset Management. Eddy Schipper was "instrumental in establishing IFM's presence in Asia through the launch of the ...

AustralianSuper nabs Future Fund property exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... the role. Keogh joined AustralianSuper in 2013 from Deutsche Bank, where he was chief investment officer for its Asia Pacific alternative investments division. AustralianSuper has been growing its property portfolio over the last few months and unlisted ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Asia. "We're attached as a beta to China," State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Investment Solutions Group for Asia Pacific Mark Wills says. "But ours is a horrendously bad index," he adds, in reference to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...

Fintech start-ups painted as future heroes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... and Chalk official opening last night, chairman Craig Dunn said if Australia did not become a fintech leader in the Asia-Pacific region then the project would be seen as a failure. There is a lot riding on the success of Stone and Chalk's first 41 start-ups ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... the "Ray Dalio" credentials. So too is Peter Schiff -- Chairman of SchiffGold, CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. Peter told Newsmax TV, "I think the Fed's going to come back with QE4". Pete also backed up what I've been typing ...

Australian managers most focused on ESG

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... investment decisions. A global CFA survey of investment professionals found that 78% of CFA Institute members in the Asia Pacific region consider ESG issues. Investors from Europe, the Middle East and Africa region ranked lower at 74%, and were followed ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... during the early years of his career, today State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Investment Solutions Group for Asia Pacific tells Laura Millan that he has learnt to relax watching Youtube videos of economists. "It's almost appalling," Wills says ...

Mercer launches super data analytics tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... the super industry has been slower than others in tapping into its potential. Ben Walsh, Mercer's managing director and Pacific market leader, said: "We have strategically been transforming our services to help our clients not only weather, but thrive ...

High expectations suggests need for retirement advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... targeted advice offerings designed to start preparing for retirement earlier in life. SSGA head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific, Jon Shead, said the report identified a "dis-link between people being comfortable about retirement but not necessarily ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... number of professional investors think the key to retail is elsewhere. Lazard Asset Management managing director for Asia Pacific Robert Prugue told Financial Standard that the future is in new vehicles such as mFund or actively-managed exchange traded ...