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Taylee Lewis JP Morgan Asset Management has named Michael Falcon as the firm’s new chief executive for Asia Pacific. Head of JP Morgan’s Asia Pacific Funds business, Michael Falcon, has taken additional responsibility as chief executive of Asia Pacific, global investment management. JP Morgan Asia Pacific head of global investment management Chris Willcox said: “We are very pleased to appoint […]

Over half of financial services executives have identified environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as the top concern over the next decade, according to a new survey.     BNP Paribas surveyed 115 ‘senior and experienced bankers and corporate executives’ in its Banking in a Decade report. Excluding finance, the survey found that 19 per cent […]

Taylee Lewis The Asia-Pacific region is set to experience its strongest year of M&A activity – expecting growth of 16 per cent, according to Intralinks.  The latest Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor (DFP) report – an indicator of future M&A deal volumes – found that while M&A deals in the Asia Pacific will increase by 16 […]

Two American women who now live and work in Australia advise that you should do your homework if you are considering an international career. Claire Stewart Want to make a go of your business or career overseas? Know what your proposition is, do your homework and follow your calling, according to two American women who left […]

A new AMP Capital managing director has been appointed to replace Stephen Dunne who is set to retire later in the year. Current director and chief investment officer of AMP Capital’s property division, Adam Tindall, has been named as Mr Dunne’s replacement. Mr Tindall will start in his new role in October 2015 after a […]

Elliot Smither Asia is now the region with the largest number of high net worth individuals and is expected to overtake North America in terms of total wealth in 2015 Both the number of global high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and the level of their investable wealth expanded in 2014, growing to 14.6m and $56.4tn […]