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Former QIC multi-asset head departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Institutional investment manager QIC announced the former head of its global multi-asset (GMA) team is departing to a major Middle Eastern investment fund. QIC recently announced the resignation of Adriaan Ryder, who most recently was focused on strategic ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... towards illiquid assets is occurring as they reduce their allocations in equities. Investors based in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are limiting their exposure to cash and fixed income, while increasing their exposure to real estate and other ...

Now is the time to accommodate the sellers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... concerns impacting the market today - namely, a slowing of the Chinese economy, a falling oil price and turmoil in the Middle East. "We don't buy markets, we buy businesses. Right now we can buy businesses being offered to us at valuations that we think ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... caused by the sharp increase in the price of oil in 2000 following the California energy crisis and the tensions in the Middle East (the beginning of the second intifada). But other factors were more important: the bust of the internet bubble, the collapse ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... from 6.08 billion today to more than 11 billion by 2100. This new population will be heavily skewed by growth in the Middle East and Africa, where the UN Population Division expects populations to grow by 72% and 305%. "Asia and Latin America, once considered ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... any commodity for that matter - after all, is driven by the fundamental law of supply and demand. Admittedly in the Middle East these factors entwined with the objectives of nation building and regional politics adds a layer of complication to this but ...

Northern Trust acquires brokerage firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... The acquisition of Aviate Global will allow Northern Trust to expand its brokerage capabilities in the Europe and Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. It plans to serve both institutional and family office clients: "This transaction aligns with our ...

MetLife reports 61pct global earnings slump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... company's 2015 quarterly plan." Earnings in the Americas were the weakest, down 18% on the previous quarter; Europe, the Middle East and Africa decreased by 15%, while Asian earnings increased by 9%.

Elliott new CEO at ANZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... more than 30 years' experience in international banking including in Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. He joined ANZ as chief executive institutional in June 2009. ANZ chairman David Gonski said Elliott was the outstanding candidate ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... Chief economist Ivan Colhoun quoting a foreign investor's sentiment during his recent visit to Britain, Europe and the Middle East. And again from the AFR, "Citi chief economist Willem Buiter says global recession nears, led by China". To be sure, the ...