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Mercer and Bravura combine for super admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... history and investment performance, change investment strategies and update personal details - anytime, anywhere." Bravura APAC managing director, Roland Slee, said the decision to adopt Sonata will see Mercer become the first established superannuation ...

Ariel makes Australia first offshore outpost

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
US all-cap and international equity manager Ariel Investments has entered the APAC region for the first time, choosing to set up shop in Sydney. As part of its APAC expansion, the company as appointed Ian Webber as senior vice president, head of Asia ...

Instos doing little to protect portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... behaviour research by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), which conducted the research in January with Longitude Research. APAC investors said they had done relatively little to protect their portfolios against a downturn, in contrast to their peers ...

TIAA-CREF opens Sydney office, appoints manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
TIAA-CREF is expanding its APAC distribution capabilities by opening an office in Sydney. This follows the US$866 billion asset manager opening a London office in September 2014 to improve UK/Europe investor relationships. The Sydney office will be ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The Australian stock market is flat with energy stocks weaker on heavy oil price falls. In early trade on Thursday, mining and energy stocks had given up most of Wednesday's strong gains, IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. And, he said, there was ...

Franklin Templeton appoints APAC director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Franklin Templeton has appointed a new director - consultant relations for the Asia Pacific region. Based in the Sydney office, Stephanie Huskins will be responsible for developing investment consultant relationships. Prior to her appointment, Huskins ...

APAC asset managers to invest heavily in data

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
State Street research suggests that asset managers in the Asia-Pacific region will significantly increase their investment in data management and analytics over the next three years. Based on a survey conducted by Longitude Research, which polled 400 ...

VicSuper launches next-gen admin platform with Bravura

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... use, but helps optimise our business processes, so we can better service our members and reduce operating costs." Bravura APAC COO Jason Tong added, "When this contract was signed in June 2013, we committed to a go-live date of 12 January 2015. The project ...

Pengana Capital appoints Singapore director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... alternatives industry over the past 12 years. Most recently he was a managing partner at RH Partners Asia in Singapore, and head of APAC business development at TRG Mgt also in Singapore. Pengana has also appointed Rebecca Morgan as regional manager ...

State Street appoints APAC head to global committee

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
State Street Corporation has appointed Wai Kwong Seck, head of State Street's global services and global markets businesses in Asia Pacific, to its management committee. Also promoted to the management committee, the company's senior-most strategy and ...