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Grok Ventures appoints new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... at one point spending 10 years with Macquarie establishing their early business in the US and its distribution presence in Asia among other achievements. She was also previously a managing director for UBS, leading and managing their wealth management ...

EQT winds up Mirae Asia equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
Equity Trustees (EQT) is set to close the Mirae Asset Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund, with final termination expected on or around April 5. As the fund's responsible entity, EQT said the decision to close the Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund was ...

Fund selectors harbour AI bubble fears, affirm belief in its longevity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... anticipate increased stock market volatility. Although 62% expect a soft economic landing, 60% fear stagflation, especially in Asia (79%), EMEA (66%), and the UK (58%). To navigate this, fund selectors are fine-tuning strategies with tactical adjustments ...

BlackRock appoints Aussie head, builds out NZ business

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... his new role, Collins will continue to report to Andrew Landman, who was appointed deputy head of APAC, head of Southeast Asia and Oceania, and head of APAC wealth in January. Collins will have oversight of all commercial and operational aspects of the ...

Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... meetings scheduled for 2024. The number of meetings has reduced from 11 per year following an overhaul of the RBA. Vanguard Asia Pacific chief economist Qian Wang said the odds of Australia narrowly avoiding a recession in 2024 are high, having benefited ...

AI is not the 'Wild West': Longo

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... AI should not be taken to mean that AI isn't already regulated. "Earlier this month Microsoft's AI Tech & Policy Lead in Asia said that '2024 will be the year that we start to build sensible, safe, and expandable regulation around the use of AI technologies'," ...

Schroders shutters Asian Shares Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... view that closure of the fund is in the best interests of investors." The fund, which invested in large cap companies in Asia Pacific excluding Japan, had about $18.4 million in funds under management at December 2023 end. Over 10 years, the fund has ...

Tokenisation is the future: Northern Trust

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... embrace. In a recent whitepaper, titled The future of funds, Northern Trust digital assets and financial markets specialist Asia Pacific Dan Sleep said tokenisation is an effective solution for those fund managers looking to gain benefits of blockchain ...

GBST raids SS&C for APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
GBST has this month welcomed a head of Asia Pacific, hiring SS&C Technologies' sales director. Jeff Hall has taken on the newly created regional leadership role, responsible for business development and operations across GBST's wealth management and ...

VanEck to unveil private credit ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... (LEND Index), which includes 25 global listed private credit companies. VanEck chief executive and managing director for Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said the LEND Index returns over 10% p.a. and over the last 15 years achieved an income yield of about ...