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Fund flows up after tax changes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Investment Trusts (MITs) grew by 54% from $21.89 billion to $33.60 billion. During this period, investment from the Asia Pacific Region accounted for 68% of fund flows with $14.75 billion in funds invested at January 2010 and $19.44 billion at 31 December ...

New CIO for Vanguard Asia-Pac

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... Davis, principal and head of bond indexing in Vanguard's Fixed Income Group, will assume the CIO role for the Asia Pacific region in 2013. Davis, who has held a number of different investment roles during his 13-year career with Vanguard, will relocate ...

Two ANZ appointments for merged Asia/Pac business

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
ANZ recently announced the merging of its Asia and Pacific business under the remit of current CEO Asia Gilles PlantA(C) who will become ANZ CEO Asia Pacific. PlantA(C), who was recently given overall accountability for ANZ's retail franchise in Asia ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... solid financial result' against a challenging economic backdrop and hinted at plans to expand further into the Asia Pacific region over the next five years. "Despite having endured the GFC and a high Aussie dollar, we've brought in 21% of revenue from ...

Swiss manager exceeds $1bn in Aus assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... Management has a long standing presence in the US and in Europe, and has been building its reputation in the Asia-Pacific region over the past four years. Juerg Fritschi, executive director at Vontobel Asia Pacific, expects a growing demand across the ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... courtesy of the World Bank (WB). The WB went on a chopping spree - slashing its growth outlook for the Asia and the Pacific region to 7.2% this year and 7.6% in 2013 - down by 0.4 percentage point each from the prediction it made in May. Needless to ...

SSgA appoints head of capital markets

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... overseeing and driving the firm's exchange traded funds global capital markets' group activities across the Asia Pacific region. "I am delighted to welcome Jacqueline to SSgA and our SPDR ETFs team," said Timothy Coyne, head of ETF Global Capital Markets ...

New Aus equities product for BGC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... October, BGC said the products would boost the firm's range of over-the-counter and listed equity products in the Asia-Pacific region. Existing relationships will be leveraged to ensure a successful launch of the new product, said Mark Spring, executive ...

Blackstone appoints senior adviser

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... senior advisor," said Michael Chae, senior managing director at Blackstone and head of private equity for the Asia-Pacific region. We have worked closely with James in the past, added Chae, and we are confident that his addition to our team will strengthen ...

Global wealth boosts IT spend

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... 2016 will be in digital channels. According to forecasts from the global analysts, between 2011 and 2016 the Asia-Pacific region will increase its IT spend by a compound annual growth rate of 8.5%, with China's investment reaching USD$1.78 billion and ...