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Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... material impact on REITs. Australia was impacted hardest in the region, down almost 50% in US dollar terms year to date, while Hong Kong has held up the best down 23%." The significant downturn in Australia was owed to the country's reliance on retail ...

New role for Mercer chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... from afar for some time. "Over the years [I] have been fortunate enough to visit its [AIA's] operations and leadership in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Australia," Walsh said. "As the largest global life insurer in the world, AIA is extremely well ...

Mirae appoints wholesale distribution lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... about $300 million for Australian institutional investors in two Asian equities (ex Japan) strategies that are managed by a Hong Kong-based team: the Asia Sector Leaders Equity Fund and Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund. Reimers will report to Don Gunawan ...

REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... "Overall, Australian REITS are appealing because they're transparent, and give high yields, particularly compared to Hong Kong and to some extent, the US." Yoong said the recent official cash rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia makes A-REIT ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... women. And at the end of 2019, 14% of fund managers were women," it said. Some countries perform better than others, with Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain's fund managers being more than 20% female. However, the world's largest financial powerhouses remain ...

Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... responsible investment policies and integrating sustainability policies into both active and passive portfolios. Fung relocated to Hong Kong in 2014 from London where she worked for the responsible investment arm of Hermes Investment Management as global ...

JP Morgan appoints two Aussie leads

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... bankers" and commended his experience in mergers and acquisitions and ECM. The pair will report to Murli Maiya and Paul Uren in Hong Kong. They will also report to local chief executive Robert Bedwell. The firm also announced the appointment of Dyson ...

Nowra man lies to ASIC, jailed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... Company and Broome Enterprises. Both Craigside and Broome were incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and operating from Hong Kong. Merity was accused of making false or misleading statements to ASIC in response to its enquiries about the identities ...

T. Rowe Price shutters local fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... Price's Asian equities ex Japan fund, which is shutting after outflows. The T. Rowe Price Asia ex-Japan fund is managed by Hong Kong-based Anh Lu and invests in 80 to 120 Asian stocks. It had a stellar last year, delivering 22.24% while the benchmark ...

SSGA slashes ETF fee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... head of SPDR ETF distribution for Asia Pacific, which sees her assume responsibility for key financial markets including Hong Kong and Japan, where institutional interest in ETFs is high relative to Australia.