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Time running out to book places for Chief Economists Forum

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... Kevin Anderson, head of investments for Asia Pacific at State Street Global Advisers (SSGA), as well as Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur, Australian Industry Group chief economist Julia Toth and RBC Capital Markets head of economics ...

Registrations for 2016 Chief Economists Forum open

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... take place in Melbourne on 2 February at Crown Towers and in Sydney on 4 February at the Westin Hotel. Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur, Australian Industry Group chief economist Julia Toth and RBC Capital Markets head of economics ...

Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... "bondification" of equities, a global report found. The 2015 CREATE-Research report commissioned by Principal Global Investors (PGI) found that 70% of institutional investors chase returns, not asset classes. Only 10% disagreed about this statement. ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief executive Grant Forster's first job at a Woolworths supermarket was hard work. He remembers long eight-hour shifts packing fridges, stacking shelves and assisting customers. "It taught me it was an area I didn't ...

Principal fund upgraded by Lonsec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Principal Global Investors has received a "Recommended" rating for its Global Opportunities Equity Fund after the latest review from investment researchers Lonsec. According to Lonsec, the fund's core investment style coupled with diversity in the number ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... cent. That's the best rate increase seen since 2011. Meanwhile, Bob Baur, chief global economist at Principal Global Investors, compared what's happening to the markets and economies today to a 15th century spring-driven clock. Like the clock, it would ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... pass its budget." The debate was moderated by economist Tim Harcourt and it also included insights by Principal Global Investors' chief global economist Bob Baur, Financial Services Council chief economist James Bond, AXA Investment Management head of ...

Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... services now." The debate was moderated by economist Tim Harcourt and it also included insights by Principal Global Investors' chief global economist Bob Baur, Financial Services Council chief economist James Bond, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief ...

Van Eyk exec resurfaces at SQM Research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... reach to include alternative and fixed income products. Prior to van Eyk, Da Silva worked at BT and Principal Global Investors for over 23 years, leading credit and fixed income capabilities and contributing to multiasset portfolios including balanced ...

Days of outstanding emerging markets returns numbered

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... shifted to frontier markets, according to the latest annual CREATE-Research report. Commissioned by Principal Global Investors, the report is produced from the results of surveys of 704 pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, pension consultants, and ...