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Emerging markets, private assets lift NGS Super FY26 performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
... emerging markets, not just on equities, during the year benefited the portfolio. Opportunities located South Korea, Hong Kong and China were prominent contributors. "We also expressed it through the tactical asset allocation overlays we use," he said. ...

Special Feature: Beyond Safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... settlement within existing wholesale infrastructure. BNP Paribas has also been active across Asia-Pacific, supporting the Hong Kong government's digital green bond offering and working with Maybank to launch tokenised money-market funds in Singapore. ...

Fund managers unsure about expenditures on AI

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... research found. According to the study, which included responses from some 178 fund managers across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the US and Europe, 63% increased AI spending by more than 50% in the past 12 months and not a single firm reported a ...

Macquarie chief to step down after eight years at the helm

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... 1987, having led various business divisions, including its asset management business for more than a decade, across Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Australia. She was appointed the chief executive and managing director in December 2018, succeeding ...

Australia welcomes 25k to millionaires' club: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... among the world's wealthiest nations on a per-capita basis, with average wealth per adult reaching US$616,306. Only Hong Kong (US$648,267), the US (US$696,277), Luxembourg (US$ 654,732) and Switzerland (US$910,382) lead Australia, recording the top ...

Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... collaborated across multiple markets worldwide. In 2024 Citi supported Global X's launch of the first covered calls ETFs in Hong Kong. Global X and Citi said they have joint aspirations to scale in the APAC region by serving the needs of asset managers. ...

AMP new boss overhauls executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... five years. She also oversees the AMP Foundation. McDermott previously held senior human resource roles at Bloomberg in Hong Kong and spent more than six years at QBE Insurance based in Sydney. Chief marketing officer Tina Cleary, who took on the role ...

BNP Paribas expands APAC presence with new appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... the bank's Australian securities services business. He later headed custody and clearing product for Asia Pacific from Hong Kong SAR, before taking charge of the banks and brokers segment globally and the FI&C client line for the UK and Middle East. ...

Australia is 'laissez-faire' on eligibility for semi-liquid investments: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... region and found Australia is notably more lenient when it comes to investor eligibility than other jurisdictions like Hong Kong and Singapore. It said Australia is notably "laissez-faire" on investor eligibility, and while there are income and asset ...

Global X to tap humanoid robotics boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... The Global X Humanoid Robotics ETF was registered in January. Global X already offers a product of a similar theme in Hong Kong, the EV and Humanoid Robot Active ETF which launched in 2022. It invests in humanoid robots and robot-related automation businesses ...
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