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RBC appoints Asia Pac execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... RBC Capital Markets has added two new executives, Amanda Lowe and Winston Quek, to its global FX team in the Asia-Pacific region. Lowe joins RBC Capital Markets as vice president and will be based in Sydney, focusing on real money and pension funds in ...

Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... after spending the last three years in the hedge fund industry. He spent the early part of his career in the Asia/Pacific region as a senior actuarial advisor in the Australian Government and, later, as a Mercer consultant. His 14-year career at Mercer ...

Govt to inject $25m into 'best practice' regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, restated the government's lofty plans to make Australia the Asia Pacific region's financial services hub. As part of that plan, and in response to the Johnson Report, he said the government will build a ...

Trades jump for Liquidnet in Asia Pac

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... 2010 represents an increase of 135 per cent (in US$ terms) year on year. Since launching operations in the Asia Pacific region in November 2007, Liquidnet now offers trading in Australian, Japanese, Singaporean, South Korean and Hong Kong equities and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... 1.94 per cent, to $5.77 as the market digested optimistic forecasts about liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Asia Pacific region from Shell, and after the partners in the PNG LNG project announced go ahead for the massive project. Woodside Petroleum ...

Attack of the million-dollar virus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... and the frequency of these attacks are rising, too," said Craig Scroggie, vice president and managing director - Pacific region, for Symantec. The clean-up costs can be in the millions, said Scroggie. "The cost could be the data loss, or if it's about ...

Russell in hiring spree, Elkins departs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... The appointment is in addition to Russell's recently enhanced implementation services offering across the Asia Pacific region, as effective implementation of portfolio strategies becomes increasingly acknowledged as a must-have among competitive superannuation ...

Austock appoints former Merrill chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... 2002. A year later he moved to Hong Kong with the firm to become head of equities and equity trading in the Asia Pacific region. He returned to Australia in 2006 as chief executive of Merrill Lynch Australia and following the acquisition by Bank of America ...

Asia Pac property assets draw mandate appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... approximately $700 million, said Mackie. The $700 million is part of the firm's $7.6 billion in assets invested in the Asia Pacific region at the end of Q3 last year.

Ascalon buys more stake in H3

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... and CTA Hedge Forum now underway in New York, where Mathew Kaleel is the only boutique fund manager in the Asia Pacific region who will address delegates," Landman said. H3 Global, which was also named winner of Standard & Poor's "Emerging Fund Manager ...