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NGS Super launches direct investment platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... can advise members on how to use the platform. Ben Walsh, leader of Mercer's Financial Services Business for the Pacific region said that the platform's design sought to gain economies of scale while still tailoring the product for each fund. "Our challenge ...

BT Wrap adds Pengana Asia Special Events Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... which seeks to exploit the mispricing of securities of companies involved in corporate transactions within the Asia Pacific region, including Japan and Australia region," Pengana Capital director of distribution Damian Crowley said. "We believe there ...

PGI expands global real estate team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... Julian Mittag will be based in Singapore and be responsible for identifying investment opportunities within the Asia Pacific region. Both will sit within the 13 member Global Real Estate Property Securities team. Previously, Koh was the chief executive ...

ASIC publishes Medcraft travel details

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Documents released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) show that chairman Greg Medcraft spent more than 80 days overseas on business trips last year. The documents reveal that the majority of these visits include meetings ...

ANZ appoints a new head of Private Banking

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... 2014. Phillips said first-class investment opportunities and connecting clients to the wealth flows in the Asia-Pacific region were key ANZ priorities. "We are focused on delivering a distinctive private banking proposition and access to world-class ...

Vanguard appoints head of investment strategy and research

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... continue their work in providing thought leadership material and investment guidance to our clients across the Asia-Pacific region," Vanguard chief economist Joseph Davis, who leads the global investment strategy group, said. Johnson will relocate to ...

ANZ partners with Swiss private bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... experiencing very dynamic growth," Vontobel chief executive Zeno Staub said. "We will provide our clients across the Asia Pacific region with world-class investment and asset allocation solutions, which includes expertise and capability in global asset ...

Transaction-based fees hurt private banking clients

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... administers funds of more than $1.3 trillion for private banking clients globally including $112 billion in the Asia Pacific region, is one of the few firms in the domestic market to charge along the fairer fee-for-service model. De Ferrari believes ...

Insurers now in full recovery mode

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... the devastating series of natural disasters that saw floods, bushfires, earthquakes and tsunamis scar the Asia-Pacific region, the insurance and reinsurance industry is close to recovery. With the great majority of short-tail claims now settled, insurer ...

Asia-Pacific HNWI wealth growth triple global average

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... population and wealth in 2012. RBC Wealth Management & RBC Insurance group head M. George Lewis expects the Asia-Pacific region to be home to the largest wealth market population by 2014. "Asia-Pacific's robust growth in 2012 builds on over five years ...