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Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... researcher and author - response to The Fifth Estate 's assertion that: "fire emergencies here [Australia] and in California, melting glaciers, recent fires in the Arctic Circle and flooding in Venice is enough evidence to prompt us to start planning ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... company has been battling a class action from workers in XPO's trucking service who claim the company violated California labour laws by denying them minimum wage, overtime and meal breaks. Yahoo! Finance analysis of the stock showed that at this ...

Financial planning pioneer to speak at FPA Congress

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... to share his human-centric ideas. The switch to financial planning came after a conversation with a top adviser in California. "About 15 years ago, I talked to an adviser who was top five in all of California and he was miserable. I realised that it ...

US reaches $1bn settlement over 1MDB scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... purchase of big-ticket assets in the US and other nations," said US Attorney Nicola Hanna of the Central District of California. "The message in this case is simple: the United States is not a safe haven for pilfered funds. Our strict anti-money laundering ...

Former PIMCO chief guilty in admissions scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... beginning in 2012, to pay a total of $525,000 to facilitate his daughter's admission to the University of Southern California (USC) as a purported recruit for the soccer team. He also sought to have his son admitted to USC as a football recruit. ...

Dealer group awards investment mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Marty Switzer's Contango Asset Management has won a mandate from a financial advice dealer group. Lifespan Financial Planning made a $20 million inaugural allocation to a global large cap strategy managed by WCM Investment Management. WCM is headquartered ...

Blackstone makes $8.7 billion purchase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... real estate and infrastructure," Stewart said. The warehouses are mostly situated in high-population areas such as California, Atlanta and Florida, which Blackstone expects to continue to experience outsized demand growth. The deal is subject to customary ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
The California State Teachers' Retirement System has joined a derivatives case against Facebook in regards to Cambridge Analytica. The litigation at hand is a pending derivative lawsuit against Facebook's leadership, including the social media company's ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... the public markets offered up fewer IPO and other opportunities. Australia's $150 billion Future Fund backed a California-based tech startup in June.

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... companies as the public markets offered up fewer IPO and other opportunities. Australia's $150 billion Future Fund backed a California-based tech startup last month. APAC sovereign investors buck the trend Interestingly, Asia Pacific sovereign investors ...