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Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... sustainability. The members of the initiative include Cbus chief executive David Atkin; Principles for Responsible Investment APAC director Matthew McAdam; Australian Ethical managing director Phil Vernon; and Pendal Group chief executive Richard Branweiner. ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... profile and the level of the Australian dollar, is becoming increasingly important," VanEck managing director and head of APAC Arian Neiron said. "We are listening to what investors want and have now launched a hedged version of our successful QUAL ETF." ...

Former Arnhem partners join boutiques

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... 2018, following a 14-year tenure at UBS. She is the former managing director and head of international equities sales for APAC based in the UBS Sydney office. Northcape is expected to launch its global equity fund in July 2019, a concentrated portfolio ...

Dutch insto opens Australian office

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... institutional manager Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors has opened an office in Sydney in a bid to take on the Asia Pacific market. APAC director Tjarko Edzes relocated from Amsterdam to spearhead Bouwinvest's presence in the region. He joined the firm ...

AUM growth subdued to 2025: Bloomberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... strategies. The survey of institutional and alternative fund managers, and private wealth managers based in Europe, Americas and APAC was conducted in partnership with Simmons & Simmons.

Vanguard appoints Australian exec

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... in the lead role for one of Vanguard's three critical IT hubs across the world. Petersen moves into the role as Vanguard's APAC chief information officer Charles Thompson relocated to the company's US headquarters to lead international systems. She will ...

Wealth group acquires asset manager stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... Management. Ferres will join Aura's wealth management investment committee. Thomas was previously a director of prime services for APAC at Barclays and worked at UBS and Merrill Lynch. In May 2017, Chris Faddy joined Aura from Vantage Point Asset Management ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services names APAC lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
BNP Paribas appointed a new Asia Pacific lead for BNP Paribas Securities Services. Mostapha Tahiri will succeed Philippe Benoit as the head of the Asia Pacific business effective February 1. Tahiri will report to Jose Placido, global head of client ...

Willis Re refreshes executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... Re team in Australia will strengthen our operations in the Australian market to drive our next phase of growth." Willis Re APAC head Mark Morley said: "Both John and Karl will also be part of the regional team and be involved in various initiatives to ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... good news either," the authors wrote. Matthew Arnold, State Street Global Advisors head of ETF strategy and research for APAC said an inverted yield curve has proven to be a decent predictor of recessions, although there have been cases where the curve ...