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J.P. Morgan wins $1.5bn custody mandate

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... lending services. It has been a busy six months for J.P. Morgan TSS globally. In October last year, it expanded its Asia Pacific team while introducing more services relating to transactions in the region, including upgrades to its U.S Dollar Clearing ...

Rise of 'climate sensitive' asset allocation: Mercer

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... assets and to look at the upside as well as the risk side," said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific, Mercer. Managing climate risk well may actually require funds to increase allocation to 'climate sensitive assets', such as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... and partly led by property stocks following a series of steep falls for the sector. Hong Kong-based investment bank Core Pacific-Yamaichi said traders were picking up on more positive signals out of the United States and that these would mean a boost ...

BNP enjoys wealth lift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... to money market funds being down. The French bank said that Investment Solutions would continue to expand in the Asia Pacific during 2011. "The division will capitalise on the existing organisation in Asset Management, improve its position in the top ...

Fund managers eye Asian equities: RBC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Fund managers are casting their nets wider into the Asia Pacific region to deliver 'alpha', shunning China and India to boost their portfolio returns, a survey found. The RBC Capital Markets survey reported high levels of confidence in Asian equity ...

ASX marks a decade of local ETFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... enjoying explosive growth. The conference will involve all major ETF providers and target both institutional and Asian Pacific investors, while also providing retail financial advisers with the technical knowledge required to use ETFs in client portfolios ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Challenger Infrastructure Fund, and Cardno Ltd. Full year results are expected from Australand Property Group and AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. In New Zealand, Prime Minister Julia Gillard addresses the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Auckland. On Monday ...

Year of the Rabbit, year of acquisitions: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... excess cash as higher dividends to shareholders, a survey found. The survey of Fidelity International analysts in the Asia Pacific region assessed some of the largest companies in operation, looking closely at their investments. The survey found that ...

Global REITs to gain double-digits: INGIM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... to come from the US, research from fund manager INGIM shows. The group anticipates that property companies in the Asia Pacific region will outperform in 2011, with earnings growth of 15-20 per cent and dividend yields of 2-3 per cent forecasted in Hong ...

AXA's North man joins NAB

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Andrew Barnett, the man who led the team behind AXA Asia Pacific's successful North platform and product range, has joined NAB this week to head up the bank's new retirement solutions team. Barnett, formerly head of structured solutions at AXA, has ...