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Zurich makes key health appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... health services. Monday was previously chief medical officer at TAL and has also held chief medical officer positions at Pacific Life Re, Munich Re, CommInsure and Hannover Life Re Africa. Zurich said Monday will be charged with building out an internal ...

SSGA regional product lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
The head of ETF product in Asia Pacific for State Street Global Advisors has taken a similar role with a European ETF provider. Mandy Chiu has been appointed head of product at Tabula Investment Management. In the new role, she will work closely with ...

AMP Capital snaps up malls in $760m deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
AMP Capital has acquired two destination malls, Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast and the Macquarie Centre in suburban Sydney, in separate deals totalling approximately $760 million. AMP Capital Shopping Centre Fund (ASCF) bought an additional 25% stake ...

Foreign investment in Australian commercial property hits record high

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... active purchaser group this year, accounting for 35% of this year's activity, also up on the pre-pandemic average. CBRE's pacific head of capital markets Mark Coster noted that activity had been stronger than expected in 2021 given international border ...

CFS extends SimCorp partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... remain competitive. A large portion of it will be dedicated to its two platforms, FirstChoice and FirstWrap. SimCorp Asia Pacific managing director Oliver Johnson commented: "As the industry is fast becoming more complex and competitive, partnering with ...

SSGA creates regional ESG role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... position. Based in Melbourne, Xinting Jia joins as environmental, social and governance investment strategist for the Asia Pacific region. She reports to Karen Wong, the global head of ESG and sustainable investing, and regionally to Michele Barlow ...

PIMCO revives local LIT plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... opportunities not typically available in unlisted investment structures, PIMCO said. Head of Australia and co-head of Asia Pacific portfolio management Rob Mead said: "We are very pleased to be bringing this new strategy to market at a time when relatively ...

De Ferrari returns to Credit Suisse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... Ferrari brings over 24 years of experience, of which 17 years were in executive roles at Credit Suisse offices in the Asia Pacific and EMEA regions. "He will also ensure an orderly implementation of the new business structure in his ad interim role as ...

One in three crypto owners to switch banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... medium of exchange. Anthony Jones, Visa's head of innovation and partnerships for Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific said: "Digital currencies and crypto assets signify a technology shift not only for money movement but also digital ownership ...

Number one challenge for advice firms revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... of advice firms by Dimensional which covered more than 800 participants in North America, the UK, Europe and the Asia Pacific. The Australian sample looked at 100 firms, representing $24 billion in assets. Of the Australian firms, 58% cited managing ...