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Not all tech created equal: Principal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
With a surge of US tech stocks on the rise, Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief strategist Seema Shah stresses the need to be discerning when evaluating them. A jump in bond yields has seen technology stocks become collateral damage and underperforming ...

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 ...

MySuper fees force super fund to exit high return strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
The requirement to charge low fees under MySuper has forced one superannuation fund to exit a Principal Global Investments (PGI) strategy that had returned 13% over five years. PGI chief executive in Australia Grant Foster said that the super fund pulled ...

Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Institutional investors' traditional emphasis on asset allocation has given way to a focus on returns, which has led to the "bondification" of equities, a global report found. The 2015 CREATE-Research report commissioned by Principal Global Investors ...

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 ...

PGI expands global real estate team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
Principal Real Estate Investors, part of Principal Global Investors (PGI), have expanded its global real estate team adding two portfolio managers. Shern-Ling Koh and Julian Mittag will be based in Singapore and be responsible for identifying investment ...

PGI updates fixed income fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Principal Global Investors (PGI) is looking at the next generation of fixed income products and has adapted its Global Credit Opportunities Fund to make it more flexible for Australian investors. "Investors are rotating out of a more traditional type ...

Investors move to real assets after GFC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Australian investors are moving away from sovereign debt and showing a preference for infrastructure and direct property, the annual Principal Global Investors (PGI) CREATE Report found. The ageing population and a global move by governments and corporates ...

Principal Global Investors nabs leadership awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
Principal Global Investors (PGI) has been awarded two 2013 Pension Fund Perception Programme Awards. The awards are given out by Investments & Pensions Europe (IPE) magazine and recognise asset managers rated highest by their pension fund clients. The ...

Principal Global Investors UK move

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Principal Global Investors has bought a majority stake in London-based global equity specialist, Origin Asset Management, as the firm concentrates its global equity investment strategies on targeting local retail and institutional investors. The 74% ...
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