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State Street model portfolios land on BT Panorama

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... who recommended managed accounts has doubled in the last five years. State Street Global Advisors head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution Meaghan Victor said uptake of the model portfolios has been "extremely positive" among financial advisers so ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... the perfect strategy to capture the return of markets... over the long term. Vanguard Investment Management Group Asia Pacific head of investments, Dan Reyes, told Financial Standard it's passive strategies' lower price points that has seen their ...

Managed accounts use broadens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... research, planners save around 13 hours per week by using managed accounts. State Street Global Advisors head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution Meaghan Victor said the extra time advisers were gaining from managed accounts was proving valuable during ...

Global investment firm adds chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... York and Melbourne. In a statement to Financial Standard, Toscafund's managing director, investor relations for Asia Pacific Matt Unsworth said the firm is delighted to have Gilbert joining. Gilbert has known Toscafund founder Martin Hughes for many ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... firm McKinsey & Company has issued a new report on how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact wealth management in the Asia Pacific region, including what might happen if the virus continues to spread. "Past epidemic crises have had sharp yet temporary effects ...

VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... one-off costs to reconstitute its holdings. These will be borne by the fund," VanEck managing director and head of Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said in a letter to investors. The changes come into effect on April 23. The ETF will retain its ticker but the ...

Schroders appoints regional leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Schroders has promoted from within to appoint leaders for its Asia Pacific operations. Schroders country head for Australia Chris Durack has been appointed co-head of Asia Pacific, in a move designed to support the firm's growth in the region. Durack ...

Investment specialist joins sustainable fund manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... served as the head of people, process and quality for the firm's Australian investment team, and led the company's Asia Pacific investment talent group. O'Dea spent over one year as a trustee director for the Towers Watson (Australian Staff) Superannuation ...

VicSuper investments chief joins Hostplus

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... VicSuper's investment team and designed and implemented its investment strategy. Prior to this, he was Mercer Investments' Asia Pacific chief investments officer, Pacific Current Group (formerly Treasury Group) chief investment officer, and Frontier ...

BlackRock appoints Asia Pacific ETF head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
BlackRock has hired from Citi to appoint a new head of iShares for Asia Pacific. Rimmo Jolly is currently Citi's regional head of ETF and index sales and business development for Asia Pacific and Japan. In his new role, Jolly will be tasked with growing ...