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Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... rules in place. Meanwhile, Chile, Columbia, the UAE, Pakistan and Poland had both weak practices and weak rules. Japan, Hong Kong, China and India were among the countries with strong rules but weak governance practices. According to the research, Australia ...

Westpac consolidates international operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... move forward with just three branches in Singapore, London and New York. In doing so, it will exit Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Jakarta. The bank's priority going forward is on its core Australian and New Zealand customers, acting Westpac ...

BNP Paribas AM names Asian equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... BNP Paribas Asset Management has made further changes to its Asian equities business, appointing a new lead for the Hong Kong-based team. Zhikai Chen took over the role of head of Asian equities on October 8, joining from Lombard Odier Group where he ...

AUSTRAC releases guidance on wildlife trafficking

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... indicators; including assessing large transactions, especially those from Asia (high demand for trafficked animals in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan); considering international and domestic payments details that may reference the animal species purchased ...

Crypto exchange owners charged

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... co-founders Arthur Hayes (chief executive), Samuel Reed (chief technology officer), Gregory Dwyer and Ben Delo, who operate Hong Kong-based BitMEX, touted as the world's largest cryptocurrency derivatives platform. The CFTC alleges that from November ...

Challenger loses chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... manager, finance for the premium business services division of the Commonwealth Bank and chief financial officer at MLC in Hong Kong. Challenger chief executive Richard Howes thanked Tobin for his time with the company. "Andrew has been a key member ...

BNP Paribas AM CIO steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... reporting into their respective global investment team heads." Ng joined the ABN AMRO group in 1988. He helped establish the Hong Kong office of ABN AMRO Asset Management, which later became BNP Paribas Asset Management and altogether totals 32 years ...

Global pension fund doubles down on APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... opportunities in Australia, New Zealand and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The fund's existing office in Hong Kong will now focus on Greater China, South Korea and Japan. The $212 billion fund said its presence in the region is critical ...

Aware Super joins forces with Dutch pension fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... pension assets for the pension funds in these sectors. APG has offices in Heerlen, Amsterdam, Brussels, New York and Hong Kong.

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology found. Between 2018 and 2019, the academics led by professor Utpal Bhattachary, trained ...