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Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... accepting Hockey's invitation to join the panel is London-based head of private equity group JC Flowers in Europe and Asia Pacific David Morgan AO. Dr Morgan was previously a chief executive officer of Westpac Banking Corporation and a deputy secretary ...

Nikko AM appoints global head of multi-asset from Schroder

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... from Schroder Investment Management in Singapore, where he was responsible for growing the multi-asset business in Asia-Pacific. He has more than 21 years' experience in trading and portfolio management and has worked for major asset management groups ...

BestEx enters joint venture with US trading firm

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... manage their trade execution and too often outsource the task to brokers who may have competing interests." TORA's Asia Pacific managing director Chris Jenkins said of the partnership: "Outsourced trading is an area which is rapidly gaining interest ...

ASFA calls for consistent global regulatory standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Speaking at the ASFA's third Asia-Pacific Pension Forum in Beijing, China, Vamos said pension funds most engage internationally on areas such as system implementation ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... of fund managers in the region are already aligning their products with European UCITS standards, according to EY Asia-Pacific and EMEIA asset management leader Roy Stockell. Stockell, who has worked for the professional services company in Asia for ...

GSAM global bond fund receives Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... negative returns is probably one you want to reconsider," Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt said when the fund was launched in November last year. In its report, Zenith said Goldman Sachs Asset Management's ...

SunSuper creates investment operations role

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... custody operations. She worked for Mercer for 14 years and was the partner and regional director of Mercer Sentinel Asia Pacific. SunSuper chief financial officer Bruce Wilson said David's appointment coincides with a critical expansion period for the ...

Chinese currency reforms to transform bond benchmarks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... power and the investment opportunities that its emergence will create, according to AllianceBernstein director of Asia Pacific fixed income Hayden Briscoe. "Many people are focused on the latest economic data from China and the implications they might ...

AMP chairman to retire amid wider board changes

ALICE URIBE & AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... from the AMP board at the end of his three year term. He joined the board in 2011 following AMP's acquisition of AXA Asia Pacific, where he was chairman from 2000-2011 and a director since 1992. Trevor Matthews, a former British insurance business Aviva ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... the top 10 yielding companies pay $1 in every $11 of global dividends. Dividends paid by companies listed in the Asia Pacific region rose 79% since 2009 with Australia a particularly strong contributor, up 89% in US dollar terms since 2009, placing it ...