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BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... role. BlackRock's current head of corporate strategy and senior managing director Geraldine Buckingham is taking on the APAC head and chair role. She replaces current APAC chair and senior managing director Ryan Stork who will now be the company's ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... Australian payouts rose just 1.3% as compared to the total 6.8% for Asia Pacific. Australia's lackluster performance dragged APAC' s headline growth down by 8.8% alongside Hong Kong. Globally, dividends rose 5.1% to a total of US $354.2 billion ($484.1bn) ...

Morningstar IM appoints regional chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... for Asia Pacific. Matt Watcher will start in the role in late January 2019, based out of Sydney. He takes over from current APAC chief investment officer Andrew Lil, who is moving to serve as the CIO for Americas in a Chicago-based role. Watcher will ...

TH Real Estate launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... investors. It will buy office, retail, industrial and residential assets across 17 cities in Asia Pacific. The TH Real Estate APAC Cities Fund is targeting a long-term return of 7-10% per annum. The manager is aiming to raise $2.8 billion over a five-year ...

Cybercrime protection inadequate: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... NTT Security's Global Threat Intelligence Report showed a staggering 66% per cent of attacks on the financial sector in APAC originated from Australia. Ransomware is the cybercriminals' weapon of choice, the report said, adding that incidents ...

Bravura live on NZ bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... will continue innovating the products and services that we offer our customers." Bravura Solutions chief operating officer APAC Jon Alder said: "We are delighted with the success of the Sonata launch at ASB. Bravura and ASB have collaborated as a cohesive ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... from London for the role and will be responsible for sourcing, executing and managing renewable infrastructure assets in APAC. He moves into the role after spending seven years as a portfolio manager for BlackRock's renewable power investment team, where ...

Liquidnet appoints Australia head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... middle office and settlements team. In her new role as Liquidnet's head of Australia, she will report to the company's APAC head Lee Porter. Porter said her knowledge of the firm combined with her drive for product innovation will underpin the ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... - and we expect the industry to be double the size of the LICs within 4-5 years," Vynokur said. VanEck managing director APAC Arian Neiron expects the ETP industry to hit $48 billion in total assets by the end of the year, up from the $36.2 billion at ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... only moved physically to Australia towards end of June, as former head Jon Howie moved to Hong Kong to head BlackRock's APAC equity index strategy. He has hired two staff since - one in Melbourne (taking the team there to two people) and another ...