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Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
The chief executive of one of the United States' largest pension funds is set to retire after 18 years in the top job. Jack Ehnes, chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced his will retire later this ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... average," he said. "If this interest rate world is real, stocks don't look like they are in a bubble territory in the United States. They don't look cheap, by the way, but they are not in a bubble. "So valuations are high but not extreme. If this interest ...

JP Morgan's coronavirus contingency plan

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... day working from home in the coming weeks; in a bid to iron out any kinks should the virus spread throughout the United States, causing JP Morgan to close its domestic offices. Institutional bankers in secondary offices across Brooklyn, New York and ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... than 20% female. However, the world's largest financial powerhouses remain below the global average, with UK and United States-based fund managers only being 13% and 11% female, respectively. Morningstar's UK team recently found that there were more ...

All Tech Index launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... small caps and have grown into billion dollar companies," he said. "International firms, such as those from the United States, New Zealand and Europe, also see the opportunity to list and grow on the ASX market. A number are included in this new index." ...

Morgan Stanley acquires E*TRADE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Morgan Stanley has acquired E*TRADE in the United States in a $20 billion (US$13 billion) deal. E*TRADE stockholders will receive 1.0432 Morgan Stanley shares for each equivalent share, which is about US$58 per share. Morgan Stanley said the deal will ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... "CalPERS chief investment officer Ben Meng, Ph.D. is a globally-respected financial expert and a proud citizen of the United States. His commitment to California's public servants is extraordinary and his integrity above reproach. "Dr. Meng has CalPERS' ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... he said. "Australia's economic and corporate earnings outlook appears relatively weak compared to that of the United States. And having the S&P/ASX 200 at 7,000 points implies the market is trading at a relatively high 18.3 times forward earnings ...

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... maintaining bilateral agreements with most other major financial centres. "Although Australia is a smaller market than the United States, the sophistication, size, and structure of our financial services sector could provide similar advantages and make ...

China's growth to slow: PIMCO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
PIMCO is forecasting a slowdown in China's GDP growth in 2020 as tensions between the Asian nation and the United States continue into the New Year. The company's global economic advisor, Joachim Fels, and chief investment officer global fixed income ...