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Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... mainly reflected lower share buybacks by Australia's large banks, more than offsetting increases in Hong Kong and South Korea. Janus Henderson head of global equity income Ben Lofthouse said many companies use buybacks as a release valve to return excess ...

BlackRock appoints new head of APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... Before joining BlackRock, Chan was head of equity structuring, strategic equity transactions, and DBx Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank AG Hong Kong. She was also the head of equity and funds structures for Barclays Capital Asia. "I am excited and honoured ...

Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... identified that sovereign wealth funds account for 39% ($9.1 trillion) of the top 100 assets owners in the world, listing Norges Bank Investment Management, China Investment Corporation, and SAFE Investment Company as the largest in terms of AUM. Sovereign ...

Future Fund exposed to dangerous Chinese investments: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
... Aluminium is reported to have purchases from a Xinjiang firm involved in controversial labour programs, while China Merchants Bank has been accused by the US Justice Department of facilitating transactions for a company laundering money for North Kor ...

T. Rowe Price appoints head of APAC distribution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... partnerships with private banks, retail banks and insurance companies. Also, Sae Joon Choi was named head of Southeast Asia and Korea institutional distribution and George Chow was named head of Greater China institutional distribution business. T. Rowe ...

Apollo secures Hostplus mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... our global credit capabilities and reflects growing demand in the region for flexible, expedient capital solutions from non-bank lenders." Zelter also expressed great enthusiasm for the Asia Pacific credit strategies alignment with long-time partner ...

Korean pension fund spends in Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... co-owners of Sydney's Darling Quarter. Allianz Real Estate, on behalf of NPS and Allianz, has acquired 50% of Commonwealth Bank Place, also known as Darling Quarter. The two paid $630 million for the stake, buying from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... markets' interest rate hike expectations that were brought forward only a few days before. Consider these: In October, the Bank of Canada announced the end of its quantitative easing programme. This was followed very, very soon after by the Reserve Bank ...

BetaShares appoints chief financial officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The fast-growing ETF issuer has appointed a chief financial officer in a newly created role. Jason Gellert was previously BetaShares' head of corporate development and is one of the co-founders in the company. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... for many finance workers. Across the globe, ADP found that employees from Israel, Netherlands, Sweden, Taiwan and South Korea are the least resilient in facing their new work environment, meaning they had low levels of psychological safety and trust ...
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