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KKR reveals Australian head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... Kong to Sydney for the role. Bookmyer joined KKR Capstone in 2002, supporting operational improvements in KKR's North American private equity portfolio. In 2010 he relocated to Hong Kong, serving as chief executive officer of KKR Captsone Asia. He joined ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... global markets, reiterating that there are new opportunities for long term investors. "China isn't the only threat to the American economy; American technology is a threat to the existing American economy as well. And of course these things that are ...

Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... AES Corp/VA AES Gener SA ALLETE Inc Ameren Corp, including bonds issued by: Union Electric Co (d/b/a Ameren Missouri) American Electric Power Co Inc, including bonds issued by: Appalachian Power Co Indiana Michigan Power Co Capital Power Corp CESC Ltd ...

SSGA restructure sees distribution head depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... ETFs, absolute return and active and passive fixed income. Prior to that, he held roles at BT Investment Management and American Express Asset Management. His departure occurred as a result of a streamlining of SSGA's distribution capabilities. SSGA ...

Ghosts of emerging markets past not worth the risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... opportunities at the moment... most of the companies we invest in are multinationals, so it's not so much a play on the North American economy, it's more of a case that MasterCard is a fantastic global organisation which happens to be based in the US," ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... three female board members outperformed others in overall return on equity by more than 36%. Despite these findings, American women account for an average of just 16% of the members of executive teams. The findings in the United States echo those in ...

Republican brands Dodd-Frank "regulatory waterboarding"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... community banks and small businesses," he told bankers gathered in Washington. "On behalf of every hardworking, struggling American - I will not rest until Dodd-Frank is ripped out by its roots and tossed on the trash heap of history." Speaking before ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Fed action is data-dependent. These words have been etched into Fed policy statements for as long as I could remember. The data most relevant to the US central bank, of course, are those that directly reveal progress on its dual "statutory mandate" ...

FSC elects new board member

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... to his current role at TAL, Clark ran TAL Life Australia and TAL Retail Life and previously held senior positions with American International Assurance (AIA) Australia. He is also a director of TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia, TAL Life and TAL Superannuation. ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... developed market mandates with annual gains of 6.21%. European managers followed with an average return of 5.06% while North American managers trailed behind with a flat performance of 0.03%. Greater China investing hedge funds posted their fourth consecutive ...