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Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015

... "like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel..." Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore... we're stuck in Hotel California. "You can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave." "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell".

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015

... fund giant CalPERS and CalSTRS must divest their positions in coal companies after a new bill was signed into law in California last week. California governor Edmund Brown announced the signing of the bill on his website. The move is in line with his ...

Bond King Gross files $200m suit against PIMCO

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015

... contract and plotting to oust him from the firm he set up more than 40 years ago. The lawsuit filed in Orange County, California - where PIMCO is head-quartered - focuses on the conflict between Mohammed El-Erian and other executives at the firm. "Managing ...

Insto investor acquires $236.6m US property

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015

... high-quality retail assets. The Shops at Tanforan is a shopping centre in the San Francisco Bay area of San Bruno, California. The approximately 91,000 square metre property is not far from the area where Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech companies ...

Berkeley scientist develops game for advice clients

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015

... clients' and, in turn, help them make better investment decisions, with the help of a scientist from the University of California, Berkeley. The financial crisis was characterised by investors taking money out of the market at the worst possible time. ...

Capital Group chairman passes away

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015

... throughout his career, including treasurer of Harvard University from 2004-14. He also served on the boards of the California Institute of Technology, the RAND Corporation and Huntington Memorial Hospital, and was a governor of the Investment Company ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015

... had a relationship with Gross via PIMCO, and had been looking to further expand their US presence after establishing California offices in 2013. Speaking to Financial Standard, Challenger senior manager, corporate communications Paul Marriage explained ...

World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests coal

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015

... institutions, including some of the world's leading universities. It has been reported this week that the US$308 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is also taking another step in its move to integrate greater ESG analysis ...

QIC inks $1bn infrastructure deal with CalPERS

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015

QIC has formed a $1 billion Asia-Pacific infrastructure partnership with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), one of the largest public pension funds in the United States. Under the terms of the arrangement, QIC will source ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 27 APR 2015

... behind hiring 'bond king' Bill Gross in September. His Unconstrained Bond Fund, which is managed from an office in California's Newport Beach, has already attracted around $2 billion from investors seeking an approach less sensitive to interest rate ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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