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Ignition poaches from Bravura Solutions

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... head of portfolio solutions Darren Speirs is set to become Ignition Advice's new business development director for Asia Pacific. Speirs brings over 25 years' experience in the Australian wealth management industry, the last 16 years being at Bravura. ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head of global fund services

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
Northern Trust has named Caroline Higgins as its head of global fund services (GFS) Asia Pacific. Higgins, who first joined Northern Trust in 2016, was most recently head of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. She brings over two decades of experience in ...

State Street brings Fund Connect ETF Portal to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... Street country head of Australia Tim Helyar commented: "Australia is one of the fastest growing ETF markets in the Asia Pacific region and this portal will be an important solution to meet the needs of clients in the country." He noted, since 2018, ETF ...

CFOs look to hire in second half: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... looking for a new role are asking for a 15% above-market pay increase on average, and not getting them. Robert Half Asia Pacific senior managing director David Jones said companies are focused on cost management and only those with the highest in-demand ...

New Vanguard regional ETF capital markets lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
Vanguard Australia has appointed a new lead for the Asia Pacific region who will oversee ETF capital markets as the incumbent takes up another role within the firm. Adam DeSanctis, who most recently had a stint in personalised indexing for financial ...

Nuveen appoints head of consultant relations, APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
Nuveen has strengthened its Asia Pacific global client group with the appointment of a new head for its APAC ex-Japan consultant relations team. Jaxon Rudduck has taken the helm to enhance Nuveen's ties with global investment consulting firms in the ...

European pension fund hands MaxCap $200m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... undisclosed investor clarified their rationale for shifting focus towards Australia, citing its prominence within the Asia Pacific market as a main driver. "The Asia Pacific region, and in particular, Australia, offers compelling risk-adjusted return ...

Commonwealth Bank backs Wollemi Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... created in 2021 by former Macquarie Capital global head Tim Bishop and Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures head of Asia Pacific and Australia Paul Hunyor. Wollemi invests in climate solutions businesses in the food and agriculture, energy transition ...

abrdn's Jollie outlines next steps

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... abrdn's Australian staff will now report to Ian Macdonald, APAC chief of staff and deputy chief executive for Asia Pacific. Jollie's career with abrdn spans 23 years including the last 14 years as head of the local business. Previous roles with ...

E&P appoints new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... since September 2018. He was previously a principal of Fort Street Advisers and worked in senior roles UBS and CVC Asia Pacific. E&P non-executive chair David Evans said: "We are extremely grateful to Peter for the admirable job he has done over the ...