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North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... to AllianceBernstein's specialist in the region Stuart Rae. The portfolio manager, who is chief investment officer for Pacific Basin Value Equities, said that the demand for yield and the perceived strength of the ASEAN countries had seen investors bid ...

Credit Suisse Asia Pac private banking chairman steps down

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Credit Suisse chairman of private banking for the Asia Pacific region Marcel Kreis has stepped down from his role this month, the financial services company has confirmed. Kreis joined Credit Suisse in February 2007 as head of private banking for Asia ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... planners joining online, Fidelity Asia fund manager David Urquhart talked through the structural shifts that had led the Asia Pacific ex Japan region to outperform all other markets over the last decade. He explained that while cheap labour had contributed ...

Acorn appoints Asia Small Cap portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... discretionary sector across all Asian markets excluding Japan. Quah joins Acorn Capital from Hong Kong-based stockbroker CLSA Asia-Pacific, where he was head of regional small mid cap research for the last six years. Prior to that, he was with Macquarie ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... ago" and singled out the Asian Funds Passport as a potential area of growth. The proposed Asia Funds Passport is the Asia Pacific version of Europe's UCITS funds. The concept of the Asian funds regional passport is an area of innovation for the Australian ...

Economy 'not running out of puff': Wayne Swan

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... years of uninterrupted GDP growth, was well placed to take advantage of enormous structural shifts occurring in the Asia Pacific region. "Australia's continuing prosperity will depend on the four fifths of our economy which is not mining or farming or ...

Russell appoints Mercer COO to head insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Former Russell Investments assistant director of product and current Mercer COO for the Pacific region, Jodie Hampshire, has returned to the firm as its new head of institutional business in Australia. Hampshire joined Russell in 2000 and held a number ...

Research houses flag 'rating shopping' to advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... increase in the number of managers withdrawing from the review process." Morningstar head of fund research for the Asia Pacific region Grant Kennaway there had only been minor changes within the business as a result of RG79. "We already have the right ...

PIMCO expands Aussie portfolio management team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... division. Aaditya Thakur has been appointed vice president, Portfolio Manager and will be reporting to PIMCO head of Asia-Pacific Credit Portfolio Management and head of Portfolio Management in Australia Rob Mead. Thakur will focus on trading and supporting ...

Mercer makes key changes to investment team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... individual consumers in the retirement savings markets. Russell Clarke will assume the role of chief investment officer in the Pacific region after his predecessor Andrew Howard resigned to pursue a new opportunity in the funds management industry. Russell ...