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Canned 'golden visas' ruffle fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa from two years to one year for all applicants from 23 November 2024. KPMG Asia Pacific immigration leader Mark Wright told Financial Standard that depending on which direction the government goes with the ...

Mercer Super chalks up 11.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... delivered returns ranging from 11.2% and 11.7% for the last financial year. Mercer's acting chief investment officer for the Pacific region Sue Wang said the results were an excellent outcome against a backdrop of market volatility and uncertain economic ...

Apex partners with Novigi

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... already invested in Apex, having first done so in 2020 and again in 2021. Apex Group regional managing director for the Asia Pacific Nick Happell said there is significant opportunity in the global pensions market to provide innovative, tech-enabled ...

Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... (FUM), also reported that its balanced and conservative options returned 8.11% and 5.86%, respectively. Vanguard Asia Pacific chief investment officer Duncan Burns said the investment manager was delighted that its superannuation offering delivered such ...

Bitcoin ETF price war: VanEck, Monochrome cut costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... than $18 million flowing into the fund since its launch last month. VanEck chief executive and managing director for Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said the response to VBTC from investors and the investment community has been remarkable. He said it speaks ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... as the chair of Mercer Super, replacing Jan Swinhoe who stepped down after a decade on the board. Marsh McLennan's Pacific chief executive and Mercer's Pacific president, David Bryant acknowledged Swinhoe's significant contributions to Mercer ...

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... potential diversification benefits when included in a traditional portfolio of equity and fixed income assets." SSGA Asia Pacific gold strategist Robin Tsui said gold may also help investors hedge against inflation. "The price of gold is determined by ...

Government lifts funding to preserve banking in the Pacific

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
The government will inject an additional $6.3 million to curb the rapid withdrawal of banking services in the Pacific. The funding includes $2.9 million to the World Bank for developing digital identity infrastructure across Pacific Island countries ...

Invartis enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... across asset management, asset servicing, and superannuation. Most recently he was sector lead partner for EY's Asia Pacific Wealth Asset Management (WAM) Technology, Data, and AI practice, based in Singapore. Prior to EY, Jansz established Deloitte's ...

Investment veterans take on new roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... strategy head took on a chief investment officer position. Michael Vos has been appointed head of investments for Asia Pacific. The investment professional worked at Zurich for 18 years and in his last role was the regional chief investment officer for ...