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Capital Group reappoints former exec

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... Australia's ambassador to the United States from 2000 to 2005, after which he joined Capital Group and was based in Washington D.C until 2014. In his previous time at Capital Group, Thawley served on the investment committees of Capital World Investors ...

CalPERS names new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... leader this week. Joining CalPERS as chief executive is Marcie Frost. She most recently served as the director of the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) and has been working in the pension industry for 16 years. As chief executive ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... economics at La Trobe and subsequently obtained a scholarship to do a Masters in public policy at Georgetown University (Washington DC). He came back to finish his PhD at La Trobe in 1999. Anthony then worked briefly for Arthur Andersen in its tax division ...

QIC acquires stake in US mall

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... metre enclosed urban retail complex located in an affluent, high-growth corridor approximately seven kilometres west of Washington D.C. The mall is poised for future expansion to transform it into a mixed-use destination incorporating restaurants, entertainment ...

Republican brands Dodd-Frank "regulatory waterboarding"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... reforms, which increase the oversight of financial institutions in the US, have put smaller banks out of business. "Washington's regulatory waterboarding is drowning community banks and small businesses," he told bankers gathered in Washington. "On behalf ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... even inadvertently push the economy into recession." This is what Fed Chair Janet Yellen told the Economic Club of Washington last night - the same words that the Joint Economic Committee would hear when she testifies before them tonight. There's no ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... with solid job gains and declining unemployment," the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement Wednesday in Washington. It said that "underutilisation of labour resources has diminished," dropping to modifier "somewhat" to describe the change." ...

Medcraft sticks up for asset managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... in his capacity as the head of IOSCO, Australia's top financial regulator told a National Press Club conference in Washington, DC that there is not a strong enough case for ramping up regulation for asset managers. "I am not convinced that there is evidence ...

AustralianSuper, Brookfield in second US deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... recently. The most recent partnership saw Brookfield sell AustralianSuper a 49% stake in eight office buildings from the Washington DC portfolio at $1.32 billion. Net proceeds raised by Brookfield totalled $349 million. Earlier this year AustralianSuper ...

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... co-sponsored by five other congressmen. "The Founding Fathers envisioned elected officials as part of a servant class, yet Washington, DC has evolved into a ruling class culture," DeSantis said. "Pensions for members of Congress represent an inappropriate ...