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Alternative investment giant eyes Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... investment manager The Blackstone Group is launching a new event-driven strategy to milk opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. Blackstone Altius Advisors, which will be led by ex-Canvas Capital Management managing director Aaron Nieman, will capitalise ...

First State leads UK adviser fund scoreboard

... 'sound financials' behind the stock. But more than that, it was particularly important when working in the Asia Pacific region that the company's management care about the minority shareholders. "If you've got the wrong controlling shareholder and the ...

Eagle IT opens Sydney office

... and pension funds in the US. Through its new Sydney office, the group hopes to expand its business in the Asia Pacific region. "This area of the globe has shown an increased interest in our suite of solutions. Establishing a local team in Sydney has ...

Lazard appoints Asia MD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... "This is a key hire for Lazard Asset Management and reinforces our commitment to our clients in Asia and the Asia Pacific region," said Robert Prague, Lazard Asset Management senior managing director and head of Asia Pacific. Lazard Asset Management ...

Yellow Brick Road names COO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... Prior to his recent appointment, Chandu worked at Credit Suisse advising financial institutions across the Asia Pacific region. Yellow Brick Road was established in 2007 by Mark Bouris, the founder and chairman of Wizard Home Loans, and Bryan Davies ...

Northern Trust names new Australia head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... Cutts to head of the firm's Australian office in an effort to expand on the company's business throughout the Asia Pacific region. Cutts joined Northern Trust 15 years ago in London and has spent the last two years as managing director of the firm's ...

Franklin Templeton launches EM fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... tremendous opportunities to invest in companies across various sectors in emerging markets from Eastern Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa to Central and South America," said Mobius. "Many emerging markets have robust GDP growth, trade surpluses ...

Asian REITs continue to sizzle

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... association's objective is to promote, represent and develop the publicly traded real estate sector in the Asia Pacific region.

Franklin Templeton allies with Vietcombank

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... knowledge of their domestic markets," he said. Although Franklin Templeton first established its presence in the Asia Pacific region in the late 1980s, this is the firm's first joint venture foray into the Vietnamese market. Nearly 10 per cent of the ...

Navigator funds up 53pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... total assets under administration represented more than $27 billion at the end of last year. The company's Asia Pacific region sales grew 60 per cent to $9.7 billion, driven by the success of the Navigator platform. Andrew Barker, general manager of ...