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Irish sovereign fund stamps out tobacco

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
Following in a long line of organisations divesting from tobacco, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund completed the sale of its remaining investments in tobacco manufacturing. As a part of an ongoing strategy to sell its legacy investments, the €8 ...

QIC renews custody mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... services for the fund manager in November 2011. The firm also acts as global custodian for QIC, servicing operations in Ireland and the United States. QIC's executive director of operations and technology Mark McDonald said QIC is pleased to extend the ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... island nation. Malta is a key domicile of alternative investment funds in the European Union, alongside Luxembourg and Ireland, harbouring an industry worth €10 billion in over 500 locally based funds. "The board identified Malta as an attractive starting ...

ASFA names KPMG partner as new CEO

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... led strategy and development for CIMA in the Asia Pacific region. Dr. Fahy holds a Ph.D from the National University of Ireland, is a former senior Fulbright scholar and has extensive research and policy experience from his time as an academic. Jim Minto ...

Brexit fears trigger UK fund exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... into targeted absolute return. It certainly paints a picture of concern about what is going on," Lipper head of UK and Ireland research Jake Moeller said. "A lot of fund groups have been suffering outflows."

PGI appoints institutional sales director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... with the institutional distribution team. Prior to that, he held distribution roles with both Challenger and the Bank of Ireland. At PGI Gaffney will be responsible for generating institutional sales and maintaining Australian consultant relationships ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... Territory, South Australia and Western Australia and is home to 185,000 cattle. At 101,000 square kilometres, it is larger than Ireland and almost half the size of Victoria. Morrison blocked the proposed sale to Chinese interests in November on the basis ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... have been used for years by many countries including the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and some states in the US. Australia did abolish death duties in 1979 but there are now calls to reintroduce similar taxes. ...

Standard Life Investments sponsors 2017 Lions tour

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... New Zealand. The global asset manager will sponsor the famous red jersey of the combined England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland rugby union team, replacing the association with HSBC. "Standard Life Investments is a perfect fit for the British & Irish Lions ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia ...