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The changing role of ETF model portfolios

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... the end result will be or expected result will be is very important." Adding to this, regional head of strategy & research, APAC investment solutions group at SSGA, Thomas Poullaouec said there are four key benefits of model portfolios for financial ...

Australia is the APAC hedge fund capital: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Australia is the "leading centre for hedge funds" in the Asia-Pacific region, with $99 billion in assets under management, according to Preqin research. The new Preqin Insight: Alternative Assets in Australia report found that there are now 107 active ...

Bravura hires product manager from BT

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Software provider Bravura Solutions has expanded its APAC team with the appointment of a product manager for life insurance. David Loader joins Bravura from BT Financial Group where he held various senior product management roles within the retail life ...

Asset owners, managers not prepped for blockchain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A survey by State Street has found that while 65% of APAC asset owners and managers expect blockchain technology to be widely adopted in the next five years, only 33% of participants actually have blockchain initiatives underway at present to support ...

BNP appoints sales manager from J.P. Morgan

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... sales manager asset managers and insurance companies. Prior to that, he was a director of strategic alliances at Omgeo and an APAC sales manager at Thomson Financial. "David's appointment further develops the expertise of our team in Australia. He is ...

Zurich appoints APAC CEO from Generali

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Zurich has appointed a chief executive for the Asia-Pacific region. Jack Howell joins Zurich from Generali, where he was chief executive, Asia. Prior to that, he was chief executive at Prudential Assurance. He was also a chief executive and director ...

FIIG appoints head of middle markets

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... head of dealing. Prior to this he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland as head of structured risk and capital solutions, APAC and was based out of Hong Kong. The Australian middle market includes businesses with annual an annual turnover of $10-$250 ...

Aussie pension pros most confident about valuations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... life expectancies of 83.7, 83.1 and 82.8 respectively. With this in mind, Lim said managing longevity risk is a priority in APAC developed markets. Yet 29% of APAC respondents said they give the highest level of priority to managing longevity risk. This ...

Russell makes two appointments to super board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... also chief investment officer at Fidelity International, BNP Paribas and Schroders. Commenting on the appointments, Russell APAC chief executive Peter Gunning said: "These two industry veterans help assure continued, strong, independent oversight for ...

Credit Suisse MD resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... Tidjane Thiam commented on the results, saying: "We remain focused on profitable growth: margins were stable year on year in APAC, where net new assets grew by 11% and margins in IWM increased to their highest level since 2011. "This illustrates the ...