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Canned 'golden visas' ruffle fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa from two years to one year for all applicants from 23 November 2024. KPMG Asia Pacific immigration leader Mark Wright told Financial Standard that depending on which direction the government goes with the ...

Apex partners with Novigi

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... already invested in Apex, having first done so in 2020 and again in 2021. Apex Group regional managing director for the Asia Pacific Nick Happell said there is significant opportunity in the global pensions market to provide innovative, tech-enabled ...

Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... (FUM), also reported that its balanced and conservative options returned 8.11% and 5.86%, respectively. Vanguard Asia Pacific chief investment officer Duncan Burns said the investment manager was delighted that its superannuation offering delivered such ...

Bitcoin ETF price war: VanEck, Monochrome cut costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... than $18 million flowing into the fund since its launch last month. VanEck chief executive and managing director for Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said the response to VBTC from investors and the investment community has been remarkable. He said it speaks ...

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... potential diversification benefits when included in a traditional portfolio of equity and fixed income assets." SSGA Asia Pacific gold strategist Robin Tsui said gold may also help investors hedge against inflation. "The price of gold is determined by ...

Invartis enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... across asset management, asset servicing, and superannuation. Most recently he was sector lead partner for EY's Asia Pacific Wealth Asset Management (WAM) Technology, Data, and AI practice, based in Singapore. Prior to EY, Jansz established Deloitte's ...

Investment veterans take on new roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... strategy head took on a chief investment officer position. Michael Vos has been appointed head of investments for Asia Pacific. The investment professional worked at Zurich for 18 years and in his last role was the regional chief investment officer for ...

Advent International lands in Australia, names MD

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... partner Shweta Jalan said establishing a presence in Australia and New Zealand will support continued growth in the Asia Pacific region. "As a global private equity firm with a strong investment track record, we apply both in-market and sector experience ...

Aviva exits Australia, shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... distribution from Singapore. A spokesperson for Aviva Investors said it is making changes to its distribution model in the Asia Pacific to better support its growth initiatives in the region, as reported by sister publication Industry Moves, centralising ...

Morningstar names new manager research lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... in providing them with independent research and investment insights," Morningstar's head of manager research, Asia Pacific Wing Chan said. For his part, Olsen said he was "excited" to be joining the Morningstar team and looking forward to driving ...