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Fiji super fund picks Northern Trust for custody

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... including owning many hotels and resorts in the island nation. It marks the custodian's further expansion into the Asia Pacific and its first institutional mandate in Fiji. "This win marks a major milestone in our commitment to the APAC region," Northern ...

Capital Group names managing director for APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Marketa Dvorak has commenced as managing director, global financial institutions (GFI) in Asia Pacific at Capital Group. Based in Singapore, Dvorak was most recently the head of southeast Asia for Wellington Management for eight years and was instrumental ...

Perpetual reveals new leadership structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... Replacing Squires as chief operating officer is James MacNevin, effective immediately. MacNevin was most recently head of Asia Pacific for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), a role he held for four years before leaving in July 2022. In all, MacNevin ...

Old, retired males more likely to use a financial adviser: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... their clients having invested for over 20 years and most describing their knowledge as at least above average. VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron explained older, more experienced investors typically have a larger ...

GAM hires new local lead from Bennelong

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... institutional, overseeing the institutional marketing and client servicing efforts for Bennelong's investment boutiques in Asia Pacific. Before that he spent 12 years at Fisher Investments, working in both research and client-facing roles. During ...

Barings brings first Australian private credit fund to life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... unnamed global multi-manager has seeded the fund with a commitment of over $230 million, Barings said. Barings' Asia Pacific Private Finance Group managing director Justin Hooley said the Australian private credit market is attractive due to its ...

Active managers find no saviour in dual access products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... Class) was both the largest fund by size and had the highest negative net flows of any dual access product. VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron, however, told Financial Standard that most of the net flows into funds ...

Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... Canada underperformed the S&P World Index at rates falling between 70% and 85%. Vanguard chief investment officer for Asia Pacific Duncan Burns commented the SPIVA scorecard highlights that most active fund managers are not talented enough or sufficiently ...

Westpac appoints acting head of wealth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... 16, when King departs the major bank. Herbert joined Westpac in 2020. Prior to that he was chief operating officer, Asia Pacific, retail banking and wealth management at HSBC from 2015 to 2020 and chief of staff from 2002. "Peter is an accomplished ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... Australia into the 51st state of the United States," he told the ABC in August. The US is flexing its military muscle in Asia Pacific more than ever, establishing outposts in the form of naval bases and airfields strategically encircling China and Taiwan. ...