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Platinum LICs combine boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
Platinum Asset Management's Asian equities and global equities LIC will now have a common board, as its Asia LIC's chair Malcolm Halstead retires. Platinum Capital Limited (ASX: PMC) and Platinum Asia Investments Limited (ASX: PAI) will both ...

MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... alongside other Asia countries of India, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines. Now it joins its Asian peers of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam which are also frontier markets at MSCI.

Fiducian expands NZ footprint

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... fund for the year ending June 30 with a whopping 58.3% return. It was well ahead of the next best performers; the Pendal Asian Share Fund on 47.8% and the Premium Asia Fund on 46.2%.

VGI Partners posts $43m in June half profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... distorted by the global response to COVID, VGI Partners has continued to deliver strong performance across both its global and Asian strategies, while maintaining a focus on disciplined risk management," said VGI Partners chief executive Jonathan Howie. ...

BlackRock adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... strong talent bench in both," BlackRock chair and head of Asia-Pacific Rachel Lord said. "He brings a deep understanding of Asian products, markets and client needs, and we look forward to him accelerating the adoption of index products throughout the ...

Best-performing global equities funds for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... a 2.1% points outperformance to the benchmark. The three best performers here were: Fiducian India Fund (58.3%), Pendal Asian Share Fund (47.8%) and the Premium Asia Fund (46.2%). Three-year returns for this year's top performers range between 9.5% ...

ASI appoints Asia Pacific wholesale head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... advisory and product platform development, whilst Sean has been key in building strong relationships with a wide network of Asian institutional investors and consultants over the years. Both of them are well placed to build on the solid foundations we ...

UK pension funds commit to manager diversity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... across 468 institutions in 37 countries. Further, fewer than 10% of management roles in financial services are held by black, Asian or people of an ethnic minority. The charter has two key components: an asset manager diversity and inclusion questionnaire ...

New head of ESG at boutique

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... permanent basis. In her role, Ms Pringle will have oversight of the ESG process for all Maple-Brown Abbott's Australian and Asian equity strategies and at the corporate level. "Emma's appointment reflects Maple-Brown Abbott's continued investment in ...

PineBridge launches Asia small caps fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... selectivity, this is a fertile hunting ground to capture forward-looking and innovative companies that could potentially be the Asian blue chips of tomorrow," Soon said. Soon was recently included in UK publication Citywire 's list of the t op 30 ...