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QIC hires investment director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... add an investment director to its global private capital team. Inigo Garcia Gordobil will be based in QIC's San Francisco office and focus on the North American market including co-investments. He reports to principal Matt Diestel. He is also joining ...

BlackRock to buy equity index firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth investors. It has US$36 billion in assets under management and is a subsidiary of San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital. The transaction is a boon for BlackRock's separately managed accounts business, which will ...

QIC appoints committee chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... moved into the role after leading the North American team and setting up the QIC global private capital office in San Francisco. QIC's chief risk officer of seven years David Clarke moved to MLC Wealth this month.

COVID-19 inspires pump and dump scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... engaged in multiple forms of deception to exploit investors amidst the COVID-19 pandemic," said SEC director of the San Francisco regional office Erin Schneider. "Investors should be aware of the potential for stock manipulation, including through claims ...

QIC names new head of global private capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... moving into the role after leading the North American team and setting up the QIC global private capital office in San Francisco. Whatmore has invested across all of QIC's private equity strategies, including venture capital, buyouts, secondaries and ...

Blockchain startup raises $68m, ordered to return funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... blockchain startup, after it raised $68 million through an unregistered "initial coin offering". Enigma MPC, based in San Francisco and Israel, raised approximately $68 million (US$45 million) from the sale of 75 million of its digital coins (called ...

Radio host adviser revealed as alleged fraudster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... prominence in the industry and promising to act in their best interests," said Erin Schneider, director of the SEC's San Francisco regional office. "Investment advisers must be truthful about their background and fully disclose all conflicts of interest." ...

US real estate manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
An American fund manager investing in residential real estate teamed up with a local distributor to attract superannuation funds and other institutional investors. San Francisco's Unison Investment Management co-invests in residential real estate ...

Envestnet founder tragically killed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... Bergman and Miller were among four people killed last week when an "impaired" driver driving the wrong way on a San Francisco highway crashed into the taxi they were travelling in. The driver of the taxi and the driver of the other car were also reportedly ...

Paradice portfolio manager departs, US office closed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
David Paradice's equities boutique is closing its San Francisco office and bidding farewell to a co-portfolio manager after a restructure of its global small caps team. The $5 billion Paradice Global Small Cap Fund was managed by investors across Sydney ...