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Northern Trust grows APAC team with Sydney hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... clearing services is joining Northern Trust as its lead for market advocacy and innovation research across the Asia-Pacific region. Joining Northern Trust's Sydney office as a senior vice president is Danielle Henderson. She assumes the newly-created ...

Chinese wealth firm takes stake in investment platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... welcome BMY Group as a shareholder in Wholesale Investor. Our ambition is to be positioned as a gateway to the Asia-Pacific region for emerging companies, and this strategic alignment is a powerful step in achieving that." Wholesale Investor connects ...

TH Real Estate appoints head of debt from CBRE

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... Priestley joins TH Real Estate from CBRE, where headed up the debt and structured finance business for the Asia-Pacific region. Before that, he was managing director of Moss Capital, Bamford Partners and Ashe Morgan Winthrop. He was also chief executive ...

CommInsure executive joins AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... CommInsure for $3.8 billion. The sale increased AIA's position as one of the biggest life insurers in the Asia-Pacific region; AIA Group chief executive and president Ng Keng Hooi said it will "strengthen AIA's protection market leadership and expand ...

European $1bn asset manager enters Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... estate is "particularly attractive," noting that PwC has projected the highest rental growth of any city in the Asia-Pacific region. "We are excited to announce our expansion into Australia, a market that we have identified as a prime investment opportunity. ...

AIA acquires CBA life insurance businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... efficient way for our shareholders." The sale increases AIA's position as one of the biggest life insurers in the Asia-Pacific region. AIA Group chief executive and president Ng Keng Hooi said it will "strengthen AIA's protection market leadership and ...

Former BlackRock president joins Yarra board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Management. In his new position, he will be based in Tokyo and assist in extending Yarra's reach in the broader Asia-Pacific region. Degawa said he was excited to join Yarra's board, adding: "The firm has an excellent reputation in the Japanese market ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Several Australian superannuation funds have been included in the ranks of the world's largest pension funds, recording a 9.1% increase in growth. Research provided by Willis Towers Watson shows that of 300 pension funds listed, 16 Australian funds ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... Passport explains the new law will allow Australia, which has the largest funds management industry in the Asia-Pacific region, to export its management products to participating Asian countries with "limited additional regulatory requirements." These ...

Digital revamp for Citi wealth arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... to be a leading digital bank was possible by partnering with fintechs and is one of the first banks in the Asia-Pacific region to open up its application programming interface (API) to the public. Last November, more than 1000 developers and tech firms ...