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PIMCO names Asia Pacific lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
PIMCO has named a new lead for its Asia Pacific business as part of an executive shuffle announced overnight. The global fixed income fund manager promoted Alec Kersman as the head of Asia Pacific, leaving behind his role of head of strategic accounts ...

Most ethical companies revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... ethical list this year include Principal Financial Group, Prudential, Cuna Mutual Group, Thrivent, TIAA, Voya, MassMutual, Pacific Life and Unum, BMO, Firth Third Bank, Old National Bank, Allianz, Aflac and US Bank. The only Australian company to make ...

NZ Super Fund adds board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... Guardians in April 2021 bringing extensive global capital markets experience. She was head of equity capital markets for Asia Pacific with Fidelity from 2005 until 2018. Prior to that, she spent 11 years as managing director at Citi in both Europe and ...

Fund manager hires distribution director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... Florida-based GQG has $77.7 billion in global assets under advisory, of which $7.4 billion is from clients in the Asia-Pacific region. The local firm won a $20 million global equities mandate from Sydney advice firm PlayfairTan. "Our business has grown ...

Aussie dividends slump 40%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... Aussie firms either cut or cancelled dividend payments nearly 40%, according to Janus Henderson Investors. In the Asia Pacific, payouts fell 11.9%, which is roughly in line with the global average, and the lowest since mid-2016. Australia was restricted ...

Mainstream to pay $5.1m settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... stood at $224 billion, up 20% year on year. The group administers 1202 funds for 362 clients across eight countries. Asia Pacific, which includes Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, contributed 74% to total revenue. The Australian custody division's ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Close to 80% of institutional investors in the Asia Pacific region boosted their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor Survey showed ...

Iress names chair, profit slides

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... Commission of New Zealand. He was previously global head of technology at ABN AMRO Bank and chief executive of ABN AMRO Asia Pacific Securities and founded boutique technology investment bank North Ridge Partners. "I've been fortunate to help build a ...

Westpac prioritises risk management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... is underway and the exit of several units are progressing. This included the sale of Westpac General Insurance, Westpac Pacific and NZ Wealth advisory; returning 300 out of 1000 offshore jobs to Australia and ending its relationship with IOOF.

Revolution hires to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... $1 billion alternative debt portfolio. In his most recent role, he was a senior relationship manager at Bluestone Asia Pacific. At Revolution, Sutinen will focus on the asset-backed securities portfolio, including origination, due diligence and ongoing ...