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Active managers: Opportunities abound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... China and emerging markets in the fallout from the virus because the US dollar is currently over-valued. "During the GFC the USD was undervalued, but in these current circumstances that it not the case, so when US investors start to buy up again they ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... biodiversity. According to ShareAction's Asset Owners Disclosure Project, more than 60% of the total assets under management - around USD$36 trillion - in its report are managed by firms who scored poorly in its assessment of their approach to responsible ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... steadily becoming more gender diverse," Morningstar said. "In 2000, 11% of directors of companies in the Morningstar US Market TR USD index were women. Representation of women had doubled to 22% by the end of 2018, according to the most recent available ...

Profits down as Perpetual looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... development of Perpetual's distribution across the Americas. "Chuck ran Henderson's US distribution team for 15 years, building a USD$20 billion business over that time," Adams said. "To have distribution leadership of such proven quality like Adam [Quaife] ...

Focus to acquire stake in MEDIQ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... $556,782. The company paid for these by a combination of cash flow from its operations and from its credit facility of roughly USD $1.8 billion.

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... Banks has urged for the sacking of CalPERS chief investment officer Yu Ben Meng, claiming Meng has invested some of CalPERS' USD$336 billion under management in Chinese companies which have been blacklisted by the US government. Taking to Twitter, Banks ...

Global asset manager fills giant impact fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
The doors are officially shut on KKR's USD$1.3 billion global impact fund, with the firm itself tipping in around 10% of the funds invested. KKR has announced the final closing of the KKR Global Impact Fund, which is dedicated to investing in companies ...

New boutique at Pinnacle

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... "[Reminsicent] provides Pinnacle with further diversification and growth into liquid alternatives, an offshore client base and USD revenue stream," Pinnacle said in its half-year performance results out today. "Discretionary Asian macro has wide appeal ...

Ponzi scheme rakes in almost $1.5bn

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme worth just under $1.5 billion (USD$1billion). The SEC has charged Jeffery and Paulette Carpoff with violating antifraud provisions of USfederal securities ...

American private debt fund eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... credit vehicle that will invest in about 20 to 25 earlier stage companies, with a return target of above 10%. The capacity is USD $500 million to $600 million. The second option, is an asset income strategy, with a lower return profile than the first ...