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AI moves into the advice process

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... surveyed 6247 digitally literate, credit active consumers across 13 Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) markets and found large language models are emerging as a "decision support layer" between consumers and financial ...

Morningstar names APAC investment chief

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
Morningstar has named James Foot as the chief investment officer for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, taking over from Matt Wacher after he finished up in the role in May. Foot returns to Morningstar after just around two years as the chief investment ...

Amundi deepens Asia investment bench

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... investment leaders as the European asset managers seeks to capture growth opportunities and deepen support for clients across the APAC region. John Toole has been appointed chief investment officer, Asia, while retaining his global responsibilities as ...

Active equity managers lag benchmarks: SPIVA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... outperformed. "The first half of 2026 proved challenging for active managers across Australian equity categories," S&P DJI's APAC head of index investment strategy Sue Lee said. Australian equity general funds were among the weakest performers, with ...

IFM targets growth opportunities with new global office

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... flexible finance solutions, and growing investor interest for diversification. Commenting, IFM executive director and co-head of APAC diversified credit Hiran Wanigasekera said the opening of the new office reflects the organisation's "strong conviction" ...

Swyftx confirms executive line up

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... investment apps. Swyftx is no longer a crypto-asset only platform and Andrea's background in leadership roles across different APAC financial centres make her an ideal candidate to lead the business into this new era." Yuen added: "I'm looking forward ...

Federated Hermes partners with Conduit Digital

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... Conduit Digital Holdings to launch a regulated tokenised money market fund distribution structure across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, including Australia. Under the arrangement, a Conduit-managed investment fund will invest in the Federated Hermes ...

Invesco APAC head to retire

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... building its presence and partnerships across the region. Marty Franc will succeed Lo as senior managing director and head of APAC, transitioning into the role during the first quarter of 2027. Franc will remain based in Hong Kong and brings more than ...

American Century names APAC managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
American Century has named a new managing director and head of Asia Pacific, joining from Dimensional Fund Advisors. Nigel Stewart has joined the US$350 billion global asset manager and will report to Avantis Investors chief investment officer Eduardo ...

Qualitas seizes on private credit shift to Europe

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... it bets on institutional investors' shifting appetite for private credit opportunities away from the US to Europe and APAC. The alternative real estate investment manager completed the acquisition of the investment management business of Starz Real ...
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