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Trawalla Capital appoints head of distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... In his most recent role, he was BMO Global's director for institutional business for Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. BMO's local intermediary business is led by Michael Angwin. Trawalla Capital currently has stakes in two other boutiques ...

Franklin Templeton announces revised APAC team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... country head of Malaysia. Dora Seow will take on an expanded role as country head of Singapore and the broader South East Asia region (ex-Malaysia and Vietnam). Richard Surrency will continue his role as head of alternative sales, Asia. Kudva said he ...

Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... medium enterprises (SMEs) in that improve the lives of the poor, and build the impact investing market in South and South East Asia. The fund is operational from today. Perpetual's The Trust Company (RE Services) will be the new fund's trustee following ...

Westpac admits to failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... Those deficiencies, it alleges, meant the bank failed to carry out due diligence on customers sending money to South East Asia in circumstances where there was a known child exploitation risk. It is alleged that Westpac breached the Anti-Money Laundering ...

Westpac facing new class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... being aware of the heightened risks, the Company did not carry out appropriate due diligence on transactions in South East Asia and the Philippines that had known financial indicators relating to child exploitation risks," Rosen Law alleges. Westpac ...

Westpac faces 23 million breaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... risk. "[Westpac failed to] carry out appropriate customer due diligence on transactions to the Philippines and South East Asia that have known financial indicators relating to potential child exploitation risks," AUSTRAC said. "Westpac failed to introduce ...

AMP Capital boosts Asia presence after record raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... pension clients in Taipei. "We've also hired some additional people to cover Korea and we are looking to expand in South East Asia. We are very much growing our business," he said. "We are in the process, applying for the licence, and looking to establish ...

AXA Investment Managers expands impact investing options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
AXA Investment Managers announced its fourth impact investment strategy which will launch at the end of this year, focused on addressing the basic needs of consumers in emerging and frontier markets. The aim is to expand its investment portfolios by ...

Perpetual appoints general manager, distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... joining Perpetual. His current role at Franklin Templeton is regional head of institutional and retail sales for South East Asia and co-chief executive of Templeton Asset Management Limited. Quaife has over 25 years' experience in the industry, mostly ...

Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... aggregate. Even before the trade tensions began, many corporations were relocating manufacturing operations to South East Asia as China became less cheap to do business. The trade tensions have only accelerated this process, Treves said.