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CSC announces three new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... holding the position of head people capability, Department of Defence, and deputy commander, Joint Task Force 633, Middle East, in 2013. Needham has also served as a commissioner of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission and chair of ...

Zurich appoints COO in major insurance restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... This will involve creating a new global leadership structure, wherein regional heads (in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific), global corporate, farmers and investment management will report to group chief ...

Saudi sovereign wealth fund flags US$3.5bn Uber investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... app Uber. The company will use some of the money, likely in the region of US$250 million, to help it expand in the Middle East. As many as 80% of its users in Saudi Arabia are women as local law prevents them from driving. Public Investment Fund managing ...

Deloitte Digital appoints Asia-Pacific commerce director

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... the same success in e-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region currently being enjoyed in the US and across Europe, the Middle East and Africa." Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning ...

Africa to become major alpha source

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... views are supported by a report issued by RBC Capital Markets in January, which demonstrated that populations in the Middle East and Africa are expected to grow by 72% and 305% by 2100. On top of population growth, Kotecha said that there was a significant ...

AMP Capital COO made redundant in restructure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... distribution efforts around three regions - Australia and New Zealand, the North-West region (which includes Europe, India, Middle East and the Americas) - appointing an executive to lead each region. AMP Capital will also bring its operations and finance ...

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 ...