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Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... estate exposure has declined, on average, by 4 per cent. Nicole Connolly, director of alternative investments, Asia Pacific region at Russell, said Australian respondents favour real estate, infrastructure and commodities. "Although most global regions ...

Liquidnet taps NZ market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... Zealand and Mexico the most recent markets to launch. New Zealand will become the sixth market accessible in the Asia-Pacific region, joining Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. During the first quarter of 2010, these markets traded ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... According to the latest quarterly survey from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), the Asia Pacific region (including Australia) enjoyed the highest year-on-year increase in new search mandates in Q1 2010, with an increase of 48 per ...

Aviva boosts business development team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... Pacific, with responsibility for the development of innovative, client-centric investment solutions across the Asia Pacific region. Rowley joined Aviva Investors in 2008 and has over 17 years experience in the wealth management industry specialising ...

Mercer appoints investment consulting head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... succeed Simon Eagleton who is relocating to Mercer's Singapore office soon after being promoted to the role of Asia Pacific Region business leader of Mercer's Investment Consulting business. He will jointly report to Eagleton and David Anderson, Mercer's ...

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 ...