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Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... advisory board of Wall Street hedge fund Paulson & Co. Inc. Between 2008 and 2012 he was a chief economic advisor to the California State Controller's Office and served as chair of State Controller John Chiang's Council of Economic Advisors. He will ...

Fund member admin in spotlight at super forum

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... many super funds operate. Among the speakers will be Robert Leeson, professor of economics from Stanford University in California, Kyle Ringrose, head of investment operations at QSuper, and Pierre Jond, managing director at BNP Paribas, Australia and ...

SEC charges US adviser with pension fund theft

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... Detroit without obtaining permission. They also allege he spent the proceeds buying two shopping mall strip malls in California. Charges have been laid as well against four other senior officials at the firm alleging they helped Mayfield try to cover ...

Cypriot banks to re-open sans banking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
"You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave!" - Hotel California (Eagles) Tonight at exactly 2100 hours (9pm) Aussie time, banks all over Cyprus will re-open and from what I read, it's not like Hotel California. You cannot check out ...

CalPERS awards $500m multi-asset mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... funds in the US has awarded a significant mandate to Standard Life Investments' top-performing multi-asset fund. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is investing US$500 million with the Edinburgh-based investment house. The Standard ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... our side in these efforts to hold the ratings agencies accountable." The action was filed in the Central District of California where it wasn't just the major pension funds like CalPERS that were affected but hundreds of homeowners who took out subprime ...

Trapnell rejects 'no way out' stance by licencees

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... like but you can never leave: Synchron director Don Trapnell has used the immortal lines from the classic 1970s Hotel California hit to reaffirm his rejection of licensee heavy-handedness dealing with advisers who want out. He claims that Draconian licensee ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
California State Teachers Association Retirement System (Calstrs), a $154 billion US pension fund, looks set to pull its investments in gun manufacturers in light of the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook. California Treasurer and board member Bill ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... round of stimulus. Regional firms linked to Apple were also range-bound after the US giant unveiled the iPhone 5 in California, with some analysts giving it a lukewarm response. Tokyo rose 0.39 per cent, or 35.19 points, to 8,995.15, Seoul was flat ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... 3,073.19. Apple shares scored new record highs, reaching $US682.07 before ending at $US675.48, up 1.9 per cent. The California gadget maker was awarded $US1.05 billion ($A1.01 billion) in damages for patent infringement in a US court victory over Samsung ...