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Amundi appoints country head for Japan

Katsumi Fujikawa joined the asset manager in 2021 having previously worked at BlackRock, UBS Securities and Barclays de Zoete Wedd.

The fund seeks to tap the demand among Singaporean investors for the energy transition theme.

The platform’s launch in Australia comes after it went live in Singapore last year.

The asset manager has announced three senior appointments in its distribution team in Asia.

Fixed income carried the can during the first half of the year with inflows coming in at $236bn.

According to the joint circular, intermediaries may apply a streamlined approach when dealing with SPIs.

Caroline Ramscar was most recently the London-based head of sustainability solutions at Legal & General.

Vanguard is alleged to have misled the public over its Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Hedged) fund.

The new JV will begin operations once regulatory sign-off is achieved.

Wong, whose appointment was effective from 8 May, was previously head of systematic trading since 2016.