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Super funds captivated by equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... 31% and 30% respectively. Australia has only 14% allocated to bonds - the lowest among the top seven countries. The UK and Japan show a big appetite for bonds, allocating 58% and 56% respectively. Across the board, the study found that there is a clear ...

Family offices choose private credit: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... to liquidate cash and public equities to fund these new positions. By country, they suggested increasing allocations to Japan, Korea, and India at the expense of China. "Against this backdrop, we expect direct China exposure in many family office allocations ...

UK, Japan slip into technical recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... transport. The Bank of England (BoE) held rates at 5.25% on February 1, the fourth consecutive month in a row. Meanwhile, Japan's GDP contracted 0.4% in the last three months of 2023, according to the country's Cabinet Office. The economy contracted ...

AMP chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... revelations at the hearing. Hazelton is the former chief executive of Mizuho Bank in Australia and Commonwealth Bank in Japan. She is currently a non-executive director for the Treasury Corporation of Victoria, Persol Australia Holdings, and the Australia-Japan ...

EQT winds up Mirae Asia equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... of Asian companies. Its objective was to benefit from the growing consumption activities of the Asian region, excluding Japan. It invested nearly all its assets in the Mirae Asset Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund, a sub-fund of the Luxembourg-domiciled ...

Actively managed, ESG funds top 2023 outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... 14% higher respectively. Mutual fund assets in Australia and China jumped by 18% in local currency terms, while those in Japan grew by more than a quarter. ESG-dedicated funds lost $15.7 billion (US$10.2bn), led by European investors. UK investors redeemed ...

Schroders shutters Asian Shares Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... the fund is in the best interests of investors." The fund, which invested in large cap companies in Asia Pacific excluding Japan, had about $18.4 million in funds under management at December 2023 end. Over 10 years, the fund has returned about 9.8%. ...

UBS welcomes head of wholesale

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
Thira Ngoeun has been appointed as UBS Asset Management's head of wholesale client coverage, Australia. Ngoeun joins from BNP Paribas Asset Management where he was head of wholesale distribution at BNP Paribas, Australia and New Zealand. In his new ...

APAC investors embrace value-added strategies: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... overall portfolio was ranked as the most important attraction to real estate as an asset class. According to the report, Japan stands out as the most attractive investment decision this year in the region, with Tokyo and Osaka ranking second and third ...

BlackRock appoints new head of APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... platform." BlackRock has also named head of Australasia Andrew Landman and head of APAC institutional and head of North Asia (Japan and South Korea) Hiroyuki Shimizu as deputy heads of APAC. In addition to leading teams in Australia and New Zealand markets ...