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Australian managers most focused on ESG

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... 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 by those ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head of investments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Northern Trust has appointed a head of investment risk and analytical services for the Asia Pacific region. Simon Willcox will be based in Singapore and will lead the delivery of technology, reporting and consulting services for institutional investors ...

LaSalle sells interest in Sydney office building

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... office levels. LAOF IV is the fourth in a series of successful opportunity funds launched by LaSalle for the Asia Pacific region, focused on building a diversified portfolio of assets in Australia, China, Japan and South Korea. LaSalle currently manages ...

State Street appoints head of custody

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... Khoury has been at State Street since 2001 and most recently he was head of asset manager sector sales for the Asia Pacific region. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer for global services' in Australia.

Investment Manager Regime passes through Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... services trade." The FSC has long been a champion of promoting local financial services expertise in the wider Asia Pacific region. It says Free Trade Agreements with Japan, Korea and China, as well as the Asia Region Funds Passport are important steps ...

Henderson acquires IOOF's Perennial

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... investment professionals in the region to 40. Following the buyouts, Henderson will manage $18.7 billion in the Asia Pacific region, 11% of the group's total assets under management as of March 31, 2015. This puts Henderson ahead of fund managers such ...

Falling AUD offsets dividend growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... Australian dollar terms to deliver increases in US dollar terms, as well as in Australian dollars. In the Asia Pacific region, companies distributed dividends of $12.7 billion, 11.7% more than a year ago on a headline basis, but were up 18.3% on an underlying ...

JPMAM appoints sovereign and institutional head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... global head of sovereigns Patrick Thomson added: "Given the strong growth of our institutional business in the Asia Pacific region, I am pleased to have Rachel to play this important role in helping develop our business to the next level. "With over ...

Liquidnet increases average trade size in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... strategies in historically 'easy to trade' names." The business had a record first quarter in the overall Asia Pacific region, as trading activity increased, particularly in Japan. Principal traded climbed to US$6.8 billion in the region, which represents ...

China slowdown will hit Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... Bank's chief economist for East Asia and the Pacific region, Sudhir Shetty, said many risks remained for East Asia Pacific region "both in the short and long run". The gloomy prediction comes as federal Treasurer Joe Hockey forecast the iron ore price ...