Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

RBA adds former BT director to board

Watkins has held a range of senior roles in the agriculture and banking sectors and has been the group managing director of Coca-Cola Amatil since 2014.

Sayers hires tech experts, launches new unit

The technology and platforms business will be backed by McLaren Strategic Ventures, US-based venture fund.

Real estate investor chief retires

Cromwell was established in 1998 by five professionals who recapitalised a property syndicator called Westholme Limited and changed its name to Cromwell Corporation Limited.

HSBC Private Banking Names Southeast Asia Market Heads

He has 23 years of experience the financial industry and joined HSBC Private Banking in 2019 from Standard Chartered Private Bank where he headed the Singapore market.

Super fund shuffles team, investment chief steps down

The fund has also appointed former Macquarie Funds Management chief risk officer Virginia Malley as chair of the risk committee.

Schroders APAC COO Joins Eastspring

She reports to Wai-Kwong Seck, chief executive officer, Eastspring.

Vontobel Makes Asset Management Foray into Onshore Japan

Yoshino has more than 25 years of asset management experience and was previously responsible for institutional sales and client service at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Godfrey Pembroke firm jumps ship

Chaffe said she was introduced to Count Financial by an adviser who joined the network last year and said there was a sense of community for younger advisers.

HSBC Appoints Singapore Head of Securities Services

In her new role, she will report to Brian Godins, Asia Pacific head of securities services and Gavin Powell, Singapore head of markets and securities services.

Odyssey Appoints new Head of Japan Real Estate

Most recently, John has been, on the investor-side, working on development and asset management of hospitality assets including Ryokans (traditional hot spring resorts) as CIO of a real estate fund in Tokyo.

New chief executive at Fitzpatricks Group

The firm said her focus will be on growth via partnerships in wealth industry and in attracting more women advisers to join the industry.

ME Bank acting chief made permanent

Prior to joining ME Bank, Crane was chief financial officer at Indue, group performance manager at Ventia and commercial consultant at Aurizon.

AIST appoints two new executives

Tania Turnbull has been named as general manager memberships and partnerships and George Nelson will take on the role of general manager professional development.

Citi announces key appointments in Asia-Pacific

Sanjeev Jain and Scott Southall have been given new leadership responsibilities

Departure at Perpetual small caps team

In October, Perpetual Private lost its head of multi-manager Theo Sofios also left.

QIC hires investment director

"Inigo's strong venture capital and private equity investment experience strengthens our San Fransisco team and we are delighted to have him on board,"

HSBC Co-Head of Advisory and Investment Banking Exits

Separately, the bank is also strengthening its Asia business with the relocation of its global head of fixed income research Steven Major from London to Hong Kong.

New AMP Australia chief executive

He will report to AMP CEO Francesco De Ferrari and lead the strategic transformation of AMP Australia already in-flight across the business’ financial advice, superannuation and platforms, and AMP Bank operations.

HSBC Global Asset Management Promotes APAC Fixed Income CIO

HSBC’s asset management arm makes an internal promotion to appoint a new chief investment officer for Asia Pacific.

Challenger appoints Equity Trustees for $385m capital note issue

“We have built significant expertise in this specialised area of service. This has enabled us to consistently grow our client base and funds under supervision and we have a strong pipeline of deals tabled for 2021.”

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