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Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... risk exposures are going to be visible," he said. He adds that he has seen a number of hedge funds in the Asia Pacific region have closed up recently, not because returns were disappointing but because they could not give their clients assurances on ...

PIMCO names new head of Asia Pacific

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... relocate from New York to Hong Kong in August 2014. "Eric's appointment underscores PIMCO's commitment to the Asia Pacific region and our focus on delivering superior investment results and world class service. He will play a key leadership role in the ...

Standard Life Investment property specialist joins Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... has appointed former Standard Life Investment's executive Anton Kwang as a senior portfolio manager for the Asia Pacific region. To be based in Hong Kong, Kwang's appointment marks an expansion of the company's global real estate securities group, which ...

SSgA appoints head of intermediary business

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed James MacNevin as head its intermediary business group for the Asia Pacific region, to lead the firm's expansion in this channel. SSgA's intermediary business group, which partners with financial intermediaries ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... in 22 countries, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore in the Asia Pacific region, revealed that fewer investors are planning to make changes to their investment strategy this year than last year, and they ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... 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 among ...

GreySpark consultancy opens in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Sydney. GreySpark Partners Australia will provide institutional investors and banks in Australia and across the Asia Pacific region with consulting services in areas such as risk management, electronic trading and market structure. The Sydney office ...

BT Wrap adds Pengana Asia Special Events Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... which seeks to exploit the mispricing of securities of companies involved in corporate transactions within the Asia Pacific region, including Japan and Australia region," Pengana Capital director of distribution Damian Crowley said. "We believe there ...

PGI expands global real estate team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... Julian Mittag will be based in Singapore and be responsible for identifying investment opportunities within the Asia Pacific region. Both will sit within the 13 member Global Real Estate Property Securities team. Previously, Koh was the chief executive ...

ASIC publishes Medcraft travel details

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Documents released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) show that chairman Greg Medcraft spent more than 80 days overseas on business trips last year. The documents reveal that the majority of these visits include meetings ...