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Saudi sovereign wealth fund flags US$3.5bn Uber investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... law prevents them from driving. Public Investment Fund managing director, Yasir al-Rumayyan, will take a seat on Uber's board as part of the deal. The new money values the company at US$62.5 billion, more than three times the market cap of US automotive ...

Former CalPERS CEO jailed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... reports Fred Buenrostro admitted collecting more than US$250,000 in cash and other bribes from his friend and former CalPERS board member, the late Alfred Villalobos. It was reported Villalobos provided the bribes as an attempt to steer pension fund ...

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has announced the appointment of two new directors to its managerial board and the reappointment of another director. Joining the board is British Columbia Investment Management Corporation founding chief executive ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... reporting," Rolfe said. Rolfe said ESG reporting is undoubtedly a challenge in itself given the current over-crowding on board agendas with culture, IT/cyber security, diversity and board skills as well as the more traditional focuses of financial reporting/audit ...

New chair and director for SuiteBox

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... Former AIG Life Australia boss David Whyte has been appointed chairman, with Craig Anderson appointed as a director of the board. A chartered member of the NZ Institute of Directors, Whyte is currently managing director of DCW Management and serves on ...

IFM appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
IFM Investors has announced the appointment of a new director to its board. Based in Canada, Carol Gray is also a director at the American Express Bank of Canada and the Infrastructure Ontario and Land Corporation. She was previously president and general ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... of Michigan consumer sentiment index in May - up to 94.7 from 89 in April - has prompted expectations that the Conference Board measure of consumer mood would produce the same lift. It did not. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index declined ...

Award-winning adviser joins APESB

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has announced the appointment of a new director, and it now sees the board have equal gender representation for the first time. Business owner and principal at Quantum Financial, Claire ...

J.P. Morgan and Future Fund ties at robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... Future Fund general manager Paul Costello and former Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner to the investment advisory board. Six Park co-founder and advisory board chair Brian Watson said the firm's robo-advice model will save Australians one to 2% ...

ClearView's majority shareholder considering sell-off

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... its options following the news that a private equity firm is considering selling its 53% stake in the company. ClearView's board is aware that Crescent Capital, which owns 53% of ClearView's shares, was considering selling its stake. "The board intends ...