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Australian millionaire numbers surge on strong economy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... entrenched. Van den Bizenbos adds that a significant proportion of that growth is likely to come from the Asia Pacific region, which is expected to grow 9.6% over the period.

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... scored lowest on the 'easiest to implement' vote. Helga Birgden, Mercer's Head of Responsible Investment in the Asia Pacific region, told the Financial Standard that 'fair capitalism' is about increasing longer term value of invested capital. "Superannuation ...

Bravura appoints head of pre-sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Bravura Solutions has appointed Darrell Prins head of Pre-Sales in the Asia Pacific region. Prins will be based in Bravura's Sydney head office and will be reporting to managing director of Asia Pacific Roland Slee. Prins will be responsible for supporting ...

UBS creates APAC real estate role

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... Sotorp indicated that the company would be looking to build on its joint ventures with existing hubs in the Asia Pacific region. "Trevor's extensive knowledge and management experience with institutional clients - in both more developed as well as developing ...

Australian Ethical director resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... consultant and executive in Mercer's Investment Consulting business, including heading the business in the Asia Pacific region for more than five years. He remains a senior partner in Mercer working on a part time basis. In February 2013 AEI appointed ...

Switzerland falling out of favour with UHNWs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... community. The global number of high net worth individuals declined by -0.3% between 2007 and 2011, but the Asia Pacific region saw a 29% rise to 2.6 million over the same period. The new research backs up a report released by investment bank UBS last ...

Women in Banking and Finance hunt for CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
Advocacy group Women in Banking and Finance (WiBF) has started the search for its first chief executive. The not-for-profit group for professional women in the financial services and related industries is looking for someone to build a sponsorship program ...

Asian retail banks set to spend 5.1% more on tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
Retail banks in the Asia Pacific region are expected to spend 5.1% more on technology this year and technology expenses will reach US$118.6 billion, Ovum research found. According to analysis provider Ovum, retail banks in the Asia Pacific region are ...

Australia is world leader in treasury: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
Australia has one of the most sophisticated treasury markets in the world and is the leader of the Asia Pacific region, according to the preliminary results of a survey by technology provider Sungard and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The full research ...

New chair at Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... consultant and executive in Mercer's Investment Consulting business, including heading the business in the Asia Pacific region for more than five years. He remains a senior partner in Mercer working on a part time basis. Previously, Tony has held senior ...