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Emerald City becomes hot spot for investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
CBRE's latest APAC Investor Intentions survey has revealed that Sydney is now the fourth most preferred destination for APAC cross-border investment. The survey, which covers all asset types, found that most investors (60%) intend to make more acquisitions ...

Global dividend income growth to continue: Plato

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... Report shows dividend income increased in all but one country (Switzerland) when comparing 2021 to 2020. North America & Japan were relatively flat, with substantial increases in European countries including Sweden (+193%), Italy (+115%) and the UK (+45%). ...

Net zero banks fund $3.5bn in carbon: Market Forces

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Market Forces claims NAB, ANZ and Westpac are among several banks with net zero commitments that continue to lend to Global Infrastructure Partners, despite its not-so environmentally friendly investments. Market Forces says in total 18 banks, including ...

PineBridge hires Asia wealth management lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... up at BNY Mellon Investment Management in April 2021. At BNY, Kopitsis was the head of intermediary distribution Asia ex Japan and Singapore country head for more than five years. Prior to that, he was the chief executive of BNY's Switzerland subsidiary. ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... works. Fund manager PIMCO has downgraded its developed markets outlook for countries that also include the UK, US, Canada and Japan. Gross domestic product growth among these economies has been downgraded from 5% in 2021 to 4% this year at an annual ...

U Ethical Investors announces new relationship manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... institutional markets. With over 15 years' experience in institutional sales, equity investment analysis and ESG investing in Japan and Australia, Asai will take advantage of her financial and ESG expertise to seek new opportunities for the responsible ...

AMP North further expands menu

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... Fund; Fairlight Global Small & Mid Cap Hedged Fund; iShares Core MSCI World Ex Aus ESG Leaders ETF and Vanguard FTSE Asia ex Japan Shares Index. Separately, AMP Capital signed a major lease agreement with the Australian Taxation Office for a period of ...

Janus Henderson appoints head of distribution for Asia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
Janus Henderson Group has appointed Andrew Hendry to the role of head of distribution in Asia (ex-Japan). He will join in February 2022 and report to to Suzanne Cain, global head of distribution. Hendry will be based in Singapore and his remit will ...

Largest asset owners grow: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... pension funds and one is an OCIO. The biggest asset owner in the world remains the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan, now with more than US$1.7 trillion.

Governance tops ESG priorities: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... and New Zealand (55%) lead the US (47%) and Canada (52%) when it comes to hiring ESG experts (55%). Meanwhile, Europe and Japan (88%) lead the pack, followed by the UK (63%) and Asia excluding Japan (60%). The survey also found that the investment industry ...