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Babson Capital gaining traction

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... US-based Babson Capital Management is experiencing traction in the Australian syndicated loan market through its Asia-Pacific fund. "As a house we see very good relative value in the region. Out here we generate what we believe are good returns for the ...

Skelly to head State Street Aus ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... of Australian ETF operations, with Skelly reporting to Frank Henze, SSgA's Hong Kong-based head of SPDR ETFs for Asia Pacific. Skelly spent nearly 10 years at Russell Investments, most recently leading business strategy, sales, marketing and product ...

MDS Financial CEO resigns

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Financial Group is a full-service corporate advisory and capital markets specialist with clients in Australian and the Asia-Pacific region.

Aust lags in financial job market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Australia is lagging the rest of Asia Pacific in financial services job opportunities. The latest quarterly data from eFinancial Careers showed that while Australia experienced a 37% decline in the number of opportunities in Q2, the average for the ...

AusSuper to double Asian exposure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Securities and Futures Exchange; Philip Yan Hok Fan, a member of Goodman groups' board and former executive director of CITIC Pacific; John Harrison, former deputy chairman of KPMG; as well as Raymundo Yu, former chairman of Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific. ...

Cross-border super collaboration on way

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... Australian superannuation funds may soon be working together on cross-border investment decisions, predicts Citi's Asia Pacific head of pension fund services. Australian superannuation funds typically have around 30% of assets invested offshore, but ...

Perpetual sells mortgage business

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... capabilities as the mortgage industry moves to electronic conveyancing," said Tony Lee, chief executive officer for the Asia Pacific region, FAF International. Terms of the sale were not disclosed and, and Perpetual said that the transaction is not expected ...

Treasury Group makes more Asian moves

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... Management (OAM) has achieved an outstanding track record with +22% net returns since inception against -21% for the MSCI Asia Pacific, said TRG. Treasury funded the acquisition from working capital and the strike price of the option was correlated to ...

Mercer expands local Sentinel team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... from its US operations. The move comes after the recent appointment of Robin Solomon as leader of Mercer Sentinel in Asia Pacific following the departure of partner Lounarda David in April this year. The new appointments include Sally Corbett, former ...

GREITS for the best property on the planet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... other factors," said Vincent Felteau, the Presima portfolio manager in charge of their investments in the developed Asia-Pacific region. A good example of this, said Felteau, is how environmental ratings have impacted the commercial property sector. ...