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Principal Global Investors appoints COO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Principal Global Investors has appointed former AMP Capital executive Peter Smyth to the newly created role of chief operating officer and head of product, Australia. In his role, Smyth will work with Australian chief executive, Grant Forster to develop ...

AMP Capital hires MD for Asia

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... relationships, together with institutional sales and business development. Ching joins AMP Capital from Fidelity Worldwide Investment where she was country head, Hong Kong with responsibility for institutional, wholesale and retail direct business. Previously ...

Fidelity expands local team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed former CFS executive Andrew Mellor to the new position of associate director consultant relationships. Reporting to Katie Whiffen, director of research and product, Mellor will work representing Fidelity's ...

Investors ignoring credit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... suitably diversified across a variety of asset classes, said Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment. "Now the risk is the real one that you lose money and investors are quite rightly switching on to the importance of capital ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Investing in American equities can be a good way to gain exposure to emerging markets without the risk associated with direct investment. Investing in high-quality US stocks can offer exposure to Chinese growth drivers and wider emerging market consumer ...

Fidelity: Equities still a long-term option

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... opportunities in equities for investors with enough cash to "ride out" volatility, according to a senior Fidelity Worldwide investment head. "There are some positive things that can be said from an equity investment point of view," said John Ford, chief ...

Aus investors over-reacting on Euro fears

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... Lehman failure and the seizing-up of the financial plumbing of the world economy," said Kate Howitt, Fidelity Worldwide Investment Australian equities portfolio manager. "I think we are seeing a bit of that being priced in again now." The argument on ...

Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Asset management giant Fidelity Worldwide Investment has come out in favour of UK Prime Minister David Cameron's calls for more transparency on executive pay, bonuses and severance packages. Speaking to the BBC earlier this week, Cameron said there ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... malaise but the US seems to be heading in the right direction," said Head of Australian Equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment Paul Taylor. At 1200 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/Asexual index was up 19 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 4,158.7, while ...

Fidelity: Government intervention cause for concern

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... free market for goods and services is a perennial concern for companies," said Matthew Sutherland, Fidelity Worldwide Investment's head of research, Asia Pacific. "However, it is running higher than usual now due to governments' new religion of balancing ...