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Major funds expand with Singapore investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... Whitehelm Capital has completed the acquisition of the Institute of Technical Education College West PPP Project in Singapore on behalf of MTAA Super and Prime Super. The education center was previously owned by Gammon Investments and Jardine Matherson ...

Portfolio manager resigns from First State Investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... Swarup was the lead manager for the Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets Leaders strategy for its UK, Ireland and Singapore domiciled vehicles, after joining the firm from Fidelity Management and Research in 2014. He resigned late last month, effective ...

Blackstone makes $8.7 billion purchase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... Global for US$4.7 billion (AU$6.9 billion) in September and the purchase of U.S industrial warehouse properties from Singapore-based logistics provider for US$18.7 billion (AU$27.6 billion) in June.

Global fintech appoints head of Asia

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... from London-headquartered software firm Finastra, where he was managing director for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. Abou-Haidar had worked at Finastra since 2016 as managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to Finastra, he worked ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Investors including Singapore's $150 billion plus sovereign wealth fund are looking to pull out over $1.3 billion from popular DNA testing company Ancestry.com, according to a news report. Singapore's GIC and private equity firm Silver Lake Management ...

VGI Partners readies $1bn Asian fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... that, for several years at least, the VG8 portfolio will be heavily weighted towards investments in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia," Luciano said. "We will maintain a watching brief on India, mainland China and the Philippines ...

Legg Mason affiliate appoints executives

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... marketing. Michael Dale has been named head of Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) client service and marketing, and the head of its Singapore office. Formerly head of Australia and New Zealand client service and marketing, Dale relocated to Singapore and is responsible ...

Fidelity appoints sustainable investing lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... for our portfolios, as well as playing an active role in raising awareness of sustainability issues." Tan is based in Singapore.

Investment bank names new APAC markets head

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... the Asia Pacific markets business which focuses on credit, equities and macro in markets including Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and India. Pecot joined Barclays in 2018 as head of equities, where he was responsible for leading the Asia Pacific franchise. ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... two months before in its report to congress on May 2019. These include: China, Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Whether it's because of currency manipulation or what not, The Economist 's latest estimates ...