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Morningstar restructures investment team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
Morningstar Australia has announced a restructuring of its manager selection and portfolio management team, bidding farewell to its longstanding director of manager research. The financial services firm said its manager selection sector, which previously ...

Pallas Capital, Credit Suisse launch NZ funding trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
Pallas Capital has established a new lending vehicle with Credit Suisse, following a $340 million leg up from backers. Pallas NZ Funding Trust No. 1 (PFT NZ) is Pallas Capital's first lending vehicle in New Zealand's commercial real estate (CRE) debt ...

Link Group appoints chief financial officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... opportunities," Link said. Scott has more than 25 years of experience across finance, consulting and audit, operating in the UK, APAC, and Australia. Most recently, Scott worked at Pendal Group, re-building the finance function to support business transformation ...

Sovereign wealth funds increase investment horizons, private market exposure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
Sovereign wealth funds have continued to extend their investment time horizons in reaction to high levels of volatility, increasing allocations to illiquid private markets, an Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management study said. The Invesco study ...

Barings establishes APAC real estate debt operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Barings Real Estate Debt is now in Asia Pacific, with three new loans and plans for more. Barings has agreed a combined $259.3 million in loans in Australia, including $162.5 million to fund the construction of two purpose-built student accommodation ...

Zurich Australia appoints investment chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
Zurich Australia has promoted Mathew Drennan to chief investment officer, effective December 1. Previously, Drennan served as head of savings and investments, having held this position since March 2018. A spokesperson for Zurich said: "He brings a wealth ...

Financial services sector reports highest rates of burnout

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
New data reveals 64% of banking and financial services employees have felt burnt out or emotionally overloaded from work in the last 12 months. Slack APAC research titled Leadership and the war for talent surveyed 1000 knowledge workers in Australia. ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head of digital assets

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
Alvin Chia has been named as Northern Trust's head of digital assets innovation for Asia Pacific. In the new role, Chia will report to global head of digital assets and financial markets Justin Chapman, as well as collaborating closely with industry ...

New credit fund targets Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm Chimera Capital and Alpha Wave Global, a global investment company, have launched a US$2 billion credit fund with a focus on Australia. The Alpha Wave Private Credit Fund has a global mandate but a primary focus ...

Aviva Investors appoints head of APAC

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
Richard Surrency has been named as Aviva Investors' new head of Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Surrency will report to Aviva's global head of distribution Scott Callander. Surrency joins from Franklin Templeton, where he served as head of private ...