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Goodments outshines at WAMTech PitchFest

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... create a more sustainable future. Culver's prize includes tickets to the 2017 EY Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, California in November and six months of mentoring from an EY leader to help grow and develop his business. The event was supported ...

FoFA should also protect retail banking customers: FSU

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... goals" that prioritised selling products rather than servicing customers drove him to depression and attempt suicide. California-based Colin had to sell between 10 to 20 products per day and open new accounts "by all means necessary." The stress of it ...

PAC secures $33m in insto capital

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... fully underwritten by Ord Minnett, comprised approximately $12 million to cover costs associated with the purchase of California-based Aperio Group; $10 million to meet various other liabilities; and $8 million for general working capital and to meet ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... is divesting from all non-US thermal coal holdings, including Australia-based Whitehaven Coal. The US$206.5 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) teachers' retirement board reached the decision last week, based upon its long-term ...

Franklin Templeton expands local operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... Zealand. She was most recently a vice president of global consultant relations covering the US West Coast based in California, and will now be working from Franklin Templeton's office in Melbourne. She will report to managing director Maria Wilton. Manonian ...

FSC and EY seek WAMtech revolution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... in Sydney on 29 June, with the winner receiving two tickets to the 2017 EY Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, California, as well as six months of business mentoring from an EY partner. Short-listed finalists will also be considered for inclusion ...

First Super halts private equity investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... companies that operate in a 'grey area' when it comes to labour practices." First Super's move follows the $300 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) appointing a new head for its private equity program, Sarah Corr. Part of ...

AMP Capital expands US distribution team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... in their respective regions. Complementing the new hires, AMP Capital is also opening a new office in Orange County, California in February. "Building a specialist distribution team in North America is a key part of AMP Capital's broader strategy and ...

Activity and inflation going Yellen's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... figures out of the US fit in nicely with Fed Chair Janet Yellen's speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California. Talking about "The Goals of Monetary Policy and How We Pursue Them", Yellen all but confirmed continued increases in the fed ...

CalSTRS seeking ESG managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
The California State Teachers' Retirement System is on the hunt for up to six additional public equity investment managers focusing on ESG. According to CalSTRS chief investment officer Christopher J. Ailman, the US pension fund is looking for managers ...