June 30, 2013

Lazard Asset Management expands into Singapore

Rob Prugue, head of Lazard Asset Management Asia Pacific, has been seconded for his third pan Asia “tour of duty” as Lazard further expands its Asian presence into Singapore. As with Lazard’s Sydney, Tokyo, and Seoul offices, Singapore will exercise Lazard’s “three

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Clarke heading home as Mercer Pacific CIO

Russell Clarke, Mercer’s global CIO for “mainstream assets” is to return home to Melbourne as CIO for the Pacific, while his former boss in London, global CIO Andrew Kirton, has become head of Mercer Investments’ European business. Mercer did not

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Emerging market opportunities… pity about capacity

William Blair, the US-based multi-asset class manager which opened an Australian office this year, will do the same in China soon to help better understand the way emerging markets are changing and how to capitalize on long-term investment opportunities there

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Emerging market opportunities… pity about capacity

William Blair, the US-based multi-asset class manager which opened an Australian office this year, will do the same in China soon to help better understand the way emerging markets are changing and how to capitalize on long-term investment opportunities there

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ESG investing in China not an oxymoron

Investors with a strong ESG emphasis should not ignore the world’s second-largest economy – China – notwithstanding the country’s poor form with human rights and, until recently at least, unsatisfactory labor conditions. Nathan Lim, portfolio manager in charge of international

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ESG investing in China not an oxymoron

Investors with a strong ESG emphasis should not ignore the world’s second-largest economy – China – notwithstanding the country’s poor form with human rights and, until recently at least, unsatisfactory labor conditions. Nathan Lim, portfolio manager in charge of international

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SuperRatings formalizes consulting division

SuperRatings has formalized its consulting work with the appointment of Adam Gee, former superannuation services director at KPMG, to the new position of head of the consulting division. Nathan MacPhee, SuperRatings CEO, said: “For the last decade SuperRatings has consistently

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