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Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... their boards out-performed companies lead by non-diverse boards by 28% in the US, 7% in Europe and 58% in the Asia-Pacific region (including Australia). Importantly, the Credit Suisse report also found that while women-lead companies have a better attitude ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... as the weakest iron ore prices in five years hits the resource stocks, City Index head of dealing for the Asia Pacific region Biyi Cheng says. "The materials sector is holding down our market at the moment, especially from BHP," he said, adding that ...

Zurich promotes Australian CEO, names new local head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... life and investments business, Colin Morgan, the role of chief executive of its global life division for the Asia Pacific region. In this role Morgan will assume responsibility for delivering Zurich's global life strategic priorities and initiatives ...

Vanguard appoints APAC senior economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
Vanguard has appointed Dr Qian Wang as its new senior economist in the Asia-Pacific region. Wang took up the position on October 27 and is based in Hong Kong. She will be part of the global Investment Strategy Group (ISG) team headed by Vanguard chief ...

Asia Pacific wealth growth outstrips world average

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The wealth and population of high net worth individuals grew faster in the Asia Pacific region in 2013 than anywhere else in the world, according to the Asia-Pacific Wealth Report 2014 (APWR), published by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management. The region's ...

JP Morgan AM rejigs Asia Pacific management team

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... multi-asset, retirement, insurance, pension advice and ETF solutions. Laskowitz retain responsibility for the Asia Pacific region and will split his time between New York and Hong Kong. To accommodate the change, head of retirement Michael Falcon will ...

Billionaires: How typical are you?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... worth of US$3.1 billion and is 63 years old, according to a new global wealth survey by Wealth-X and UBS. In the Pacific region including Australia, 34 billionaires control a total of US$97 billion between them. However, the aggregate wealth of billionaires ...

BNP Paribas makes key Asia Pacific appointments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... custody services. David Raccat meanwhile has been appointed head of market and financing services for the Asia Pacific region from 1 September in addition to his current role as head of global markets. He is based in Singapore. Marelle has been with ...

Bennelong names new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Craig Bingham joins Bennelong from US fund manager Federated Investors, where he was chief executive for the Asia Pacific region. He has over 25 years of industry experience having previously worked as chief executive of Portfolio Partners (now Aviva ...

Movers and shakers

... remit. The company said the move follows increased interest in its managed service offering from across the Asia Pacific region. McCann will help to support and grow this area of the business. He will ensure the company has infrastructure and tools in ...