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Link scores admin, technology mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... Solutions (RSS) business to oversee the bank's Occupational Retirement Scheme Ordinance (ORSO) clients. The mandate marks Link's first foray into the Hong Kong pension market. The partnership, which finalised on February 7, sees Link providing its services ...

Insignia saves thousands of hours with AI

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... has saved Insignia Financial tens of thousands of working hours, it says. The financial services company rolled out its first digital worker called Optimus in 2019 and has since steadily increased its digital workforce. It explained over 60 processes ...

Natixis APAC lead takes bigger role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... Services, Tim Ryan. Chemouny has been head of Asia Pacific since 2017. He's been with Natixis for more than two decades, having first joined in 2000 as a senior analyst. A spokesperson for Natixis told Financial Standard there are no plans to replace ...

APAC outperforms despite global sustainable finance retreat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... number of offerings, full year 2022 saw a 12% increase compared to full year 2021 levels and surpassed 1,000 loans for the first time since records began, Refinitiv said. "In the APAC region, for green and sustainability linked loans increased in proceeds ...

CBRE Investment Management appoints APAC research lead

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... region, found that although fundraising activity remains healthy, most investors intend to adopt a wait-and-see stance in the first half of the year. Conducted in November and December 2022, the survey also uncovered a more cautious sentiment towards ...

Australian equities to outperform in 2023: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... of investors are planning to start or increase their allocation despite equity and bond markets both being down for the first time since 1994 last year. VanEck chief executive and managing director for Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said on balance Australia ...

WTW combines Australasia, Asia operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... continue to deliver data-driven, insight-led solutions that help companies address today's complex challenges," Weaver said. He first joined the business in 2015 as head of Singapore and South East Asia before taking over the local business in 2018. ...

Apex Group acquires admin technology provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... operational risk." PFS chief executive Paul Kneen also commented on the acquisition, saying: "PFS is dedicated to providing a first-class global business solution to its clients and we are excited to be joining Apex Group which shares these core principles ...

Two more Morningstar staff depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... that, he was a director at Dresdner Kleinwort. For his part, Bull joined Morningstar nearly nine years ago from Colonial First State, where he was a portfolio manager. Previously, he worked as a quantitative analyst at BNY Mellon. This article was first ...

Amber Infrastructure buys up NZ assets

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... public-private-partnerships (PPP) with the NZ Ministry of Education. Launched by Morrison & Co in 2009, the PIP portfolio was New Zealand's first fund dedicated to investing in public-private partnerships and was designed to support the provision ...