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Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Prior to setting up GII, Gunesekera was Head of Third Party Sales at Principal Global Investors. He has also worked in sales and business development for fund managers Merrill Lynch (now BlackRock) and Colonial First ...

Principal fund receives strong ratings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Principal Global Investors' fixed income Global Credit Opportunities Fund has received ratings from both Lonsec and SQM Research. The fund has been labeled 'Recommended' by Lonsec for the third consecutive review, while it has maintained a 'Superior' ...

Brexit won't impact Australia greatly: Treasurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... need to support international efforts to strengthen financial stability and address risks. Separately, Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur said so far there have been no disasters from the UK referendum vote to exit the EU, even ...

PGI appoints institutional sales director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
Principal Global Investors (PGI) has appointed Michael Gaffney as director of institutional sales, Australia. Gaffney joins PGI from nabInvest, where he served as an investment specialist with the institutional distribution team. Prior to that, he held ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... stable at 2% due to resilient consumption and parity between labour costs and productivity, according to Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Baur contextualised ...

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 ...