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EQT eyes global expansion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... annualised cost savings. Looking ahead, the corporate trustees services (CTS) arm will focus on helping clients with the Asian Fund Passport initiative and the Collective Investment Vehicles and moreover, is "investigating offshore opportunities for ...

Fund manager appoints managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
A diversified Australian and South-East Asian fund manager boosted its leadership team with the appointment of a managing director, head of funds and wealth management. Former Certitude Global Investments chief executive Craig Mowll joined Aura Funds ...

Cross-border distribution low despite initiatives

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... for distribution in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. "It already has wide appeal among Chinese and Asian fund managers as a global vehicle for cross-border investment funds. As such, UCITs can provide access to China and its fund management ...

UK business leads BTIM inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
Westpac-owned BT Investment Management grew its funds under management by $10.7 billion for the six months to 31 March with strong net inflows coming from its business in the United Kingdom. Funds under management were up 16% to $77.1 billion and net ...

Australia's unit trust dictum is killing the funds industry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
If Australia wants develop its potential to be funds management player in the Asia region, government has to decide whether it's policy on how it treats international fund managers is targeted at minimising tax leakage or exporting services, growing ...

APEC releases Asian Funds Passport discussion paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
The federal government, with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), has released a consultation paper on the Asia Region Funds Passport. The paper was authored by the passport working group, which includes Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, the ...

Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
Investor interest in international markets has increased by 9% since September, according to a survey by Investment Trends and Certitude Global Investments. The findings suggest that the bullish attitude to international equity is not just a faddish ...

GSAM Asia chairman departs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... Goldman Sachs head of UK and Irish institutional business from 2001 to 2007. He then moved to Hong Kong and ran the Asian fund business. He became a partner in 2008 and was appointed chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management in 2012. In Australia, GSAM ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
The level of superannuation fund board members salaries is reducing effectiveness according to law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth chief executive John Denton. Speaking as part of a panel at The Economist Bellwether 2013 Australian Forum in Sydney this ...

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Now is an opportune moment for investors to take advantage of battered Asian stocks, particularly in more cyclical sectors, according to BlackRock's Andrew Swan. Speaking via video link-up from Hong Kong at a press event yesterday, the head of Asian ...