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Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... expected to expand to a maximum of six members with additional firms in South America, Europe and the UK, Asia, and the Middle East/Africa. Alliance members will be independent firms operating in defined geographic areas, and focused on delivering customised ...

ANZ appoints global banking MD

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... Switzerland, London, Sydney and Singapore and most recently worked at Coutts & Co. as managing director and market head of South-East Asia. Before that, he spent the majority of his career at UBS where he held a number of senior roles in wealth management ...

Instos turning to indexing strats for alternatives

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... to the increased interest in alternative indexes," said John Krieg, managing director of asset management, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Northern Trust. The investment manager's managing director of global index equity, Chad Rakvin, added: "Alternative ...

Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
Less than one per cent of investment products in Australia are Shariah compliant, suggesting huge opportunities for fund managers blazing the trail in this segment. The Muslim Community Co-operative Australia manages a Shariah compliant property income ...

Insto investors bullish on equities: EIU survey

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... looking to the US and wider range of emerging markets to bolster returns. US (46% of the respondents), China (42%) and South-east Asia (34%) were selected as the three best regions for asset price growth. EIU interviewed global pension-fund managers ...

ANZ appoints regional private banking head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
ANZ has appointed Arjan de Boer as head of private banking, North East Asia. Based in Hong Kong, de Boer will oversee ANZ's private banking business in Hong Kong and Taiwan. His experience in private banking in Asia includes 14 years at ABN Amro, where ...

Zurich appoints chief underwriting officer

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... Hong Kong-based Philip Anderson, currently Zurich's head of protection business development for Asia Pacific and the Middle East (APME), returns to Australia to take on the new role. Prior to relocating to HK in 2004, Anderson also worked as a chief ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... zone with South Korea for the second day running. There were also reports Pyongyang has moved a medium-range missile to its east coast. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei were closed for a public holiday. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose on Thursday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street. The June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,919 points, with 3,353 contracts traded. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Industry Group will ...

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... institutional and international banking Alex Thursby will leave the bank at the end of April to become chief executive of a Middle East bank. ANZ fell two cents to $28.80. The three other big retail banks were also higher - CBA rose 49.5 cents to $69.445 ...