Asian investors are increasingly using single-dealer e-trading platforms that they say offer anonymity and spread improvement, rather like dark pools for equities.
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The US firm’s CEO for Asean, Hong Kong, Taiwan and India is leaving for pastures as yet unknown to AsianInvestor.
Like other consultants, Russell Investments is increasingly looking to provide services to the region’s wealth-management market, such as its OpenWorld funds platform.
The plan is to increase their allocation to alternative assets from 11% to 17% by 2012 which is a bigger jump than in other regions, according to a Russell Investments survey.
The US firm continues to expand its team in Asia, with hires from First State Investments, Korea Life and Morgan Stanley, among others.
The consulting firm has hired Stephen Roberts from Russell Investments as Asia-Pacific head of investment management and plans to compete in the multi-manager market in the region.
Having named a head of alternatives advice in Australia, the US firm is looking to hire for the same role in Japan, as it re-estimates its model portfolios.
James Polisson joins as global head of exchange-traded funds, while Andy Arenberg will run global ETF distribution.
Russell Investments' index unit picks Shanghai as the likely venue for the launch of the first Asia-Pacific ETF to reference one of its benchmarks.
Russell Investments splits Asia-Pacific into three zones, with Mahendran Nathan in charge of Asean, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
John Moore moves to Tokyo as the new head of Russell InvestmentsÆ Asian transition management business.
New CEO Andrew Doman says Russell is working on services beyond multi-manager investing for institutions.