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Westpac names business arm chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... years working in executive roles at HSBC's global divisions, including regional head of wealth management for Asia Pacific, and regional head of retail banking and wealth management for Latin America. Prior to HSBC, Lima spent over 13 years at McKinsey ...

Will financial advisers cease to exist?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... Professional report states. The report surveyed about 3800 investment professionals and 133 industry leaders. In the Asia Pacific region, 48% of respondents said the changes will come from the growth in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Another ...

Smart beta now mainstream for instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... most enthusiastic about smart beta (65% adoption) but North American investors are not far behind (60% adoption). Asia Pacific had the lowest adoption (53%) but it picked up from 35% last year. FTSE has also expanded its Australian ESG coverage to include ...

Fund manager hires new institutional head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... Skalberg was at institutional investment manager Wellington Management where she was director, head of product for Asia Pacific. She also spent 10 years at Pendal/BT Financial Group in various director roles including head of wholesale business development ...

Zurich finalises OnePath acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... said. Group chief executive Mario Greco expects to engage with up to six million new customers with the acquisition. "Asia Pacific is a key region for Zurich and this deal adds further complementary products and additional bancassurance distribution ...

Alternatives manager adds former Morningstar head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... Australian business with institutional and wholesale investors "including financial advisers and platforms". CFM head of Asia Pacific Steve Shepherd said Stanford's role was crucial for CFM as it continues to expand its presence in Australia. "We were ...

RBC I&TS Australia lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... currency and commodities Rob McCormack has been promoted to the newly-created position of head of global markets, Asia Pacific.

Australia lags on dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... which kept the dividend flat during the period. Australia's lagging dividend payouts come as the region it sits in, Asia Pacific ex Japan records the strongest dividend growth in 10 years. The region was up 14.7% on a headline basis for total dividend ...

Citi names new regional chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... of Citicorp consumer and commercial banking for EMEA. Luet will report to Tim Monger, interim chief executive of Asia Pacific, and will join the Asia-Pacific operating committee. Luet's new responsibilities includes developing and implementing business ...

Aberdeen Standard hires ESG investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... assets were invested responsibly to achieve long-term, sustainable returns. Hartnett was a director at Regnan and Asia Pacific managing director at Innovest prior to joining LGS in September 2010. He currently holds directorship roles at the Investor ...