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Singapore-based Marketa Dvorak started earlier this month at the active asset manager and was previously at Wellington Management.

The US venture capital firm has made early-stage investments in space, cybersecurity, biotech, nanotech, drones and robotics; recently promoted Chip Whittemore will lead the team.

David Fellah has been hired from Instinet LLC to lead artificial intelligence integration into Broadridge’s trading solutions offering.

Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard’s revised offer for Seven & i Holdings marks a crucial moment in Japan’s corporate deal making, assessing whether Tokyo’s shareholder initiatives can unlock value for investors; recent political turmoil could also have an impact.

The law firm, which is seeing an increase in multijurisdictional matters, will be led by global managing partners Jeff Cody, managing partner for the US, and Peter Scott, managing partner for Europe, Middle East and Asia.

The tech giant plans to open a cloud region to help boost the country’s digital economy, where the government wants to enhance its AI capabilities and to create 3,000 smart factories by 2030.

Tokyo-based Masaaki Sakakibara has joined BNY Investments from Mercer Japan.

With Indian equities accounting for over 20% of a major MSCI index, active managers may have a choice between raising their holdings in an expensive market or seeing higher tracking errors, as the Chinese market continues to come under pressure.