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Slow growth and regulatory burden top insurance industry fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... business." Improved distribution and product development ranks as the top opportunity identified in the survey. EY Asia Pacific insurance leader Paul Clark added: "Today's insurers are enabling advances in product development through new metrics and ...

Fidelity appoints new country head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed Michael Bargholz as managing director, Australia. He will report to Asia Pacific ex-Japan managing director Mark Talbot and takes up his new position immediately. Bargholz's appointment follows the departure ...

FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... speaking at the event. They will be joined by former US Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage and BlackRock Asia Pacific chairman Mark McCombe. Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry recipient Benjamin Roberts-Smith will also address the delegates. ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... Chad Slater, the fund now has $30 million under management with equity investments principally in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe. MGOF uses a long-short strategy with a long bias and adopts a screening process to reduce its investing universe ...

Russell appoints three to actuarial team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... manage and mitigate those risks. Our actuaries provide critical information and advice," Russell chief executive Asia Pacific Alan Schoenheimer said. "The traditional role of the actuary is changing driven by the complexity of regulatory demands and ...

State Street appoints new head of Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... the departure of senior managing director Robert Goodlad. Crafter was previously SSgA's head of investments for the Asia-Pacific region, where he was responsible for overseeing SSgA's investment process and client-focused solutions. Crafter will also ...

Nikko AM appoints chief legal officer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... executive management committee, he helped oversee the group's business expansion, with significant growth across the Asia Pacific region. Long has lived and worked in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo and is fluent in Japanese. "Ross has a detailed ...

Australian millionaire numbers surge on strong economy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... becomes more entrenched. Van den Bizenbos adds that a significant proportion of that growth is likely to come from the Asia Pacific region, which is expected to grow 9.6% over the period.

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... externalities scored lowest on the 'easiest to implement' vote. Helga Birgden, Mercer's Head of Responsible Investment in the Asia Pacific region, told the Financial Standard that 'fair capitalism' is about increasing longer term value of invested capital. ...

Bravura appoints head of pre-sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Bravura Solutions has appointed Darrell Prins head of Pre-Sales in the Asia Pacific region. Prins will be based in Bravura's Sydney head office and will be reporting to managing director of Asia Pacific Roland Slee. Prins will be responsible for supporting ...