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BNY Mellon names country head

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... strategic opportunities in other channels, she added. Based in Sydney, Bolinowsky will report to Bannon, who is located in Hong Kong.

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... the US (32.7%); Taiwan (21.7%); Australia (9.2%); Japan (7.1%); South Korea (5.9%). Second and third and fourth wave (Hong Kong) of coronavirus infections should keep demand for "Made in China" PPE's and working from home gadgets elevated until a ...

Jarden hires from UBS, HSBC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... appointments. Anderson Chow was appointed head of industrials research, joining Jarden from HSBC where he was based in Hong Kong for a decade coordinating a team of 22 analysts in Asia and Europe. Jarden has also appointed a chief economist, who will ...

ClearView streamlines underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... insurers that have adopted ALLFINANZ Cloud are Prudential Thailand, Generali Indonesia, Hong Leong Malaysia and FT Life Hong Kong. US technology firm Omniscience announced in April that it has developed an underwriting function that accelerates life ...

AIA under fire for coal holdings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... "AIA is one of the world's biggest life insurance companies and one of the largest corporations headquartered in Hong Kong," it said. Its ambitions match its size in that AIA aims to be "the world's pre-eminent life insurance provider". Its main ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... payout ratios and because many of this quarter's payouts relate to 2019 earnings and were fixed several months ago. Hong Kong enjoyed the fastest dividend growth in the developed world in Q3, with payouts rising 9.9% on an underlying basis to $30.3 ...

Generation flags Ascalon closure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... investment made in the business," Generation chair Rob Coombe said. Despite this, he cited the political disruption in Hong Kong along with COVID-19 as to why it was unable to execute its growth plans. "This derailed capital raising efforts and we have ...

T. Rowe Price recruits analysts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... between clients and portfolio managers. He reports to Nick Beecroft, the head of ISG Asia Pacific, which is based in Hong Kong. In the newly-created role, de Ferranti works alongside the firm's local and global equity investment teams to provide ...

COVID-19 spurs proactive investing: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... according to a global comparison. Calastone's survey of 1800 retail investors from Australia, UK, USA, Germany, Hong Kong, and New Zealand found the majority are not confident about their ability to manage their investments and constantly worry about ...

Societe Generale fined over client breaches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... withdrew client money over 4500 times from Australian clients and deposited the money into client accounts held by its Hong Kong operations. The second count took place within the same time frame, when Societe Generale deposited client money into five ...