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Binance names head of APAC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... Crypto.com, Seker led global product development and handled the legal and regulatory issues for APAC and the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) regions. "With his strong background in financial services and regulated markets, we are confident ...

Fortitude Investment Partners expands team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... has made a string of appointments this month, including an investor services manager who had worked at Allan Gray (South Africa) for more than a decade. Akyere Sobukwe-Whyte has been appointed as investor services manager, bringing her 15 years experience ...

Betashares adds emerging markets ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... resources. These companies span across more than 20 emerging economies including Asia, Latin America, eastern Europe and Africa. BEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and incurs a management fee of 0.35% per annum. Investors and financial advisers ...

Ninety One strengthens multi-asset bench with senior hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Investments, where he spent more than three decades managing fixed income and multi-asset portfolios across the UK and South Africa. Knee, who will take up the role at the end of 2025, was most recently co-deputy investment chief for fixed income at ...

Super moves: PE exec quits Future Fund for ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... and consulting. Before arriving at Brighter Super, he served as CFO at P&N Bank and held various senior roles at Barclays Africa Group and PwC, specialising in financial transformation, capital markets, and risk management. Finally, CareSuper chair Linda ...

Quinbrook appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... decades' experience in energy-related infrastructure investments and operating businesses in Australia, the US, Europe, and Africa. He's led over US$24 billion of power project developments and power asset construction, and served as the first chief ...

ART promotes high-profile retirement specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... EDHEC-Risk Institute in France. Moreover, he has extensive experience as a pension and employee benefits consultant in South Africa, where he worked for Alexander Forbes Financial Services for 13 years. Alexander Forbes is South Africa's largest ...

Northern Trust appoints sales lead for asset servicing

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... who plans to retire. Based in London, Gee currently leads sales teams across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Essentially, the promotion will see him add business development responsibilities for the Americas to his remit. The new sales ...

Mercer snaps up Northern Trust AM exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Before her latest stint at Mercer beginning in 2019, Morgan held various positions at Alexander Forbes Investments in South Africa for 11 years. She finished up as head of institutional sales, driving the growth strategy for the investment business across ...

Saxo Australia to rebrand after global takeover

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025. Currently, more than 160 wealth managers and advisers across Africa, Europe and the UK use DMA to access global markets under a single platform. The sale also comes after Saxo Bank announced ...