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APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Sixteen of Australia's pension funds are among the world's largest, with the Asia Pacific region clocking the largest rate of growth last year despite COVID-19. New research from the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments shows the assets ...

Natixis appoints Australia, New Zealand head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... offshore alternatives strategies to Australian investors. She will report to Natixis Investment Managers head of Asia Pacific, Fabrice Chemouny. Commenting on her appointment, Watson said: "I'm very pleased to have commenced in my new role as country ...

Northern Trust appoints local head

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... Northern Trust has named a new Australia and New Zealand lead, replacing Angelo Calvitto who recently became the head of Asia Pacific. From October 1, Leon Stavrou will be the new head of the Australia and New Zealand business. He was most recently a ...

Mercer hires regional endowments lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... Investments director. Rebekah Dunn is Mercer's new head of endowments and foundations, responsible for overseeing the Pacific region. Dunn spent over 11 years at Russell Investments, most recently as its head of for-purpose director, where she worked ...

The next 20 years in Aussie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
State Street's head of the asset manager segment in Asia Pacific Neil Macdonald says active ETFs, thematic products and ESG will dominate the ETF industry in the years to come. Macdonald joined State Street earlier this year from KPMG, and now works ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... institutional investors find sustainability challenging. Schroders surveyed 750 institutional investors, including 205 in Asia Pacific. Among the Australian institutions 75% said they found sustainability challenging. Australian investors are also concerned ...

CFS appoints risk chief from MLC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... to institutional investors. Following that, Lane was chief operating officer for Mercer's investments business in Asia Pacific, while also consulting to wealth businesses, superannuation trustees and other institutions. He would eventually be global ...

Jupiter AM adds APAC insto lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
Jupiter Asset Management welcomed an institutional distribution lead for Asia Pacific, in what is a newly created role for the UK-based firm. Adam Phua has been appointed to the role, joining from Allianz Global Investors where he was managing director ...

BlackRock adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
BlackRock has named the head of iShares and index investments for Asia Pacific, promoting from within. Peter Loehnert has been appointed to the role, which is based in Hong Kong, and will be responsible for iShares' ETF market share and adoption ...

CBRE Clarion portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... Clarion Securities senior analyst and portfolio manager Gavin Peacock has left the firm. CBRE Sydney office head and Asia Pacific team leader Justin Pica will continue to be lead portfolio manager for its A-REITs strategy, UBS said in a statement. "Ken ...