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Mercer names super services leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021
... Australia. She leaves her role as Mercer UK's senior partner and chief operating officer for Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Pacific to oversee superannuation trustee clients in Australia. Ross' career began at Mercer in 2009 when she joined as head ...

New leadership at Zurich Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... pricing, group insurance. He joins from TAL, where he was head of pricing and has also held a head of pricing position at Pacific Life Re. Also recently joining Zurich are Jennifer Faglioni and John Mirotsos, who respectively have taken up the roles ...

State Street bolsters SPDR team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... State Street Global Advisors has made four senior appointments within its SPDR exchange-traded funds business in Asia Pacific. Kathleen Gallagher has been appointed as head of SPDR ETFs Australia, in addition to her current role as head of ETF Model ...

CBRE Global Investors announces rebrand

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... this year, the former CBRE Clarion Securities lost its senior analyst and portfolio manager Gavin Peacock leaving Asia Pacific team leader Justin Pica as lead portfolio manager. In late 2018, CBRE Clarion Securities took over the UBS Property Securities ...

Montreal Exchange extends trading hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... Montreal Exchange (MX) is making a play for superannuation fund assets by syncing its trading hours to accommodate Asia Pacific investors. The Canadian derivatives exchange has extended its trading hours to allow Asia Pacific investors to manage their ...

icare board appoints Willment

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... currently deputy chair of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust. Willment has been Mercer's investments chief for the Pacific for four years and previously spent 17 years at NSW Treasury Corporation. Chair John Robertson said: "Virginia and Kylie ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... investment approach is well suited to capturing the growing income thematic across Asia." Maple-Brown Abbott head of Asia Pacific equities Geoff Bazzan said the firm has been considering an Asia dividend fund for some time. "The Asia region is home to ...

EQT Group dumps Iress bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... strong market share and a very loyal customer base driven by its market-leading software solutions," EQT chair of Asia Pacific Thomas Von Koch said. "We have not come across any red flags during our due diligence but were not able to sufficiently confirm ...

Pension fund backs Aussie insurance distributor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... proposition and our commitment to the long-term growth of the business." Also commenting, OTPP senior managing director Asia Pacific Ben Chan said the investment is consistent with the pension fund's strategy of investing in leading financial services ...

PNG regulator denies Westpac Pacific sale

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... Guinea's consumer regulator, the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC), has denied Westpac's sale of its Pacific business to Kina Securities. Kina Securities was set to pay $420 million for Westpac Fiji and 89.91% of Westpac PNG Limited ...