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STOXX enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Global index provider STOXX Limited has expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific region with the opening of an office in Sydney. Jonathan Morgan has been appointed STOXX regional director and will head the Sydney office, with responsibility for STOXX ...

Connect Brokers sets up Asian initiative

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... firm dedicated to connecting small and medium advice business owners with partnership opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region. The new business, Connect ASEAN, is based in Melbourne and will look to help local businesses set up joint ventures, undertake ...

Pengana Capital appoints Singapore director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... institutional sales opportunities for the Pengana Asia Special Events Fund. The fund invests in listed equities in the Asia Pacific region that are going through mergers and acquisitions, capital management initiatives, earnings upgrades/downgrades and ...

Australian dividend growth leads Asia Pacific

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... latest global dividend survey by Henderson Global Investors. Australia was the largest contributor in the Asia Pacific region with its companies delivering $50.4 billion to their shareholders in 2014. Weakness in the Australian dollar relative to its ...

Dai-ichi Life expands US, Asia Pacific presence

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Dai-ichi Life, Japanese parent company of Australian life insurer TAL, is expanding its operations in the US and Asia Pacific regions. It announced last week that it would be establishing regional headquarters in these regions, along with acquiring ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA). New Zealand and South Korea were also prominent investment sources in the Asia Pacific region contributing 14% ($4.3 billion) and 3% ($1.0 billion) to fund inflows respectively. "We are highly encouraged by the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... as the weakest iron ore prices in five years hits the resource stocks, City Index head of dealing for the Asia Pacific region Biyi Cheng says. "The materials sector is holding down our market at the moment, especially from BHP," he said, adding that ...

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... life and investments business, Colin Morgan, the role of chief executive of its global life division for the Asia Pacific region. In this role Morgan will assume responsibility for delivering Zurich's global life strategic priorities and initiatives ...

Asia Pacific wealth growth outstrips world average

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The wealth and population of high net worth individuals grew faster in the Asia Pacific region in 2013 than anywhere else in the world, according to the Asia-Pacific Wealth Report 2014 (APWR), published by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management. The region's ...

JP Morgan AM rejigs Asia Pacific management team

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... multi-asset, retirement, insurance, pension advice and ETF solutions. Laskowitz retain responsibility for the Asia Pacific region and will split his time between New York and Hong Kong. To accommodate the change, head of retirement Michael Falcon will ...