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Future Super strengthens investments team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... strategy for Future Super's product suite, chief executive Simon Sheikh confirmed. Tomlinson was head of investments for the Pacific region at Aon, overseeing both smartMonday and its KiwiSaver offerings. He brings extensive experience in investments ...

PIMCO selects new head of local business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... Australia and New Zealand. Watkins will have local oversight of business management functions and report to the head of Asia-Pacific Alec Kersman. In this role, Watkins will work closely with PIMCO Australia head and co-head of APAC portfolio management ...

abrdn hires from State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... investment strategy and research, Australia. "We are extremely pleased to have Raf onboard to further our successes in Asia Pacific," abrdn head of multi-asset investment solutions, Asia Pacific, Irene Goh said. "This signifies our commitment to the ...

Investor confidence drops in April: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... in North American investor confidence to 95.2 as well as a 6.7 point drop in European ICI to 76.2. Meanwhile, the Asia Pacific region rose 2.4 points to 92.0. According to Rajeev Bhargava, State Street Associates head of Investor Behaviour Research ...

Pallas Capital strengthens distribution team

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... will be servicing high-net-worth investors, family offices and institutional investors in Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region. ​ ​Prior to joining the Pallas Capital team in Sydney, Gowenlock spent 30 years working in money markets across ...

ETF growth slows but investors remain resilient

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... global uncertainty had a correlation to the overall slowdown in ETF flows. Vanguard's head of ETF capital markets Asia-Pacific and investment strategy group Minh Tieu said: "Understandably, the uncertainty surrounding the Ukraine war and the ongoing ...

Legalsuper invests in innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... under-invested female talent and unexplored business opportunities, investing across Australia, New Zealand and the broader Asia Pacific. Legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl told Financial Standard : "As a smaller, more agile fund we have both ...

Australians are crypto-curious but not committing

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... India. Perhaps the trepidation stems from the legal uncertainty around cryptocurrency, as among non-owners, 39% in Asia Pacific, 37% in Latin America, and 36% in Europe say regulation is a concern. In addition, for 30% of respondents in the Middle East ...

New head of markets, securities services at HSBC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... markets and securities services, including head of institutional and wealth sales for ASEAN and co-head of ESG for Asia Pacific. Anita O'Brien has been named head of global banking, Australia. She had been acting in the role on an interim basis since ...

Aussie government debt to double: Janus Henderson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... respectively)." Australia's debt burden grew by 11.2% last year, well ahead of the wider world and more than the rest of the Asia Pacific region combined. Over the last five years, the nation's debt has increased by 68%. That said, Australia remains ...