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SEC names acting chair, establishes crypto taskforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... the SEC, Uyeda was appointed by then Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as the chief advisor to the California Corporations Commissioner, the state's securities regulator. As his first order of business, Uyeda launched a crypto taskforce ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... managers continue to progress but without any fanfare." This comes as out-of-control wildfires continue to wreak havoc on California; the US Environmental Protection Agency blames inaction on climate.

Real Asset Management taps DWS sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... wholesale, wealth, and family office clients. Before that, he led Australian sales and marketing at Research Affiliates, a California-based asset manager. He also served as head of index and multi-asset distribution for LGIM in London, part of the FTSE ...

CalSTRS creates Total Fund Management division

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has established a Total Fund Management division, according to its latest Investments Branch business plan. CalSTRS chief investment officer Scott Chan, who took on the role this month following ...

Where does the world's largest active manager say to invest?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Capital Group - which has US$2.7 trillion in equity assets under management - has identified three megatrends poised to upend industries and kick down the doors to fresh investment opportunities. The Californian headquartered investment manager, that's ...

CalSTRS appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has named a chief investment officer to succeed Christopher Ailman, who announced his retirement in January after a long tenure. Scott Chan, who's served as deputy chief investment officer since ...

Future Fund deputy CIO jumps to Blue Owl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... deliver results in our portfolios," Clarke added. These include Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Company and the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). Blue Owl specialises in financing private equity-backed acquisitions, buying ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematics. Kahneman went on to get his doctorate in psychology from the University of California and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002, with his famed Prospect Theory cited.

Luxury fashion house sued over Birkin bag sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... "sufficient purchase history" to buy the infamous Birkin handbags. The French luxury fashion house is being sued in California in a case that claims sales associated are pushing customers to buy other items to access the coveted "icon of fashion" - an ...

CalSTRS investment chief announces retirement

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) chief investment officer Christopher Ailman will depart on June 30, after 24 years at the fund. At an Investment Committee meeting, Ailman revealed his intention step down from the position ...