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Billionaire makers: The cities growing the world's wealthiest

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... billionaires born in those cities respectively. Next were Hong Kong and Paris while Istanbul, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles and Singapore rounded out the top 10. "As the average age of a billionaire today is hovering around 63, what this ranking ...

The kindness of central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... we're in a bull market. But as Bloomberg prints, quoting Stephen Solaka - managing partner of Belmont Capital Group in Los Angeles - "This is one of the most-hated bull markets... A lot of people are praying for the market to fall. There are a lot of ...

Challenger makes senior Fidante Partners appointment

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... & Mercantile and Tempo Asset Management. Fidante Partners' boutiques operate from locations in London, Singapore, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. Its funds under management have risen sharply from $4.5 billion in 2010 to $34.7 billion to ...

JANA awards $385m mandate to Californian manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
JANA Investment Advisers (JANA) has awarded a $385 million global equity mandate Los Angeles-based asset manager Causeway Capital Management. Specifically, the mandate was awarded to Causeway's developed markets large-cap strategy Global Value Equity. ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... Americans. The Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund board responded by voting to liquidate its investments in gun manufacturers. Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday called for the city's three pension fund managers to move their retirement funds ...

Super fund backs News Corp independence push

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Corporation will be challenged by at least one Australian superannuation fund at the company's annual general meeting in Los Angeles on 16 October. A proposal that the News Corp chairperson be an independent director will be supported by the $1.7 billion ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... caught short by a policy announcement tomorrow. Hedge fund manager Paul Sinclair's -- who is reportedly liquidating the Los Angeles-based Expo Capital Management - sentiment perhaps best describes the current mood in the markets. According to Bloomberg ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... authorities have announced an investigation into yet another Chinese export product, this time the veritable kitchen sink. LOS ANGELES - Ticket sales for movies shown around the globe rose three per cent in 2011 to $US32.6 billion ($A31.27 billion) ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... boom is over -- time to sell. This one's the reverse... and we've seen this transpire in our very recent history. The Los Angeles Times published an article 13 February 2009 reporting that, "Dennis Blair, Obama's new director of national intelligence ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... only half this level. The results have just been released by News Corp following the annual general meeting held in Los Angeles on Friday. A statement by ACSI said that the negative votes were so significant the board was forced to rely on the supporting ...