Investment Week is hosting its Global Emerging Markets Briefing at a pivotal time for investors as they start to position for the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, although risks remain.
During this interactive briefing, we will hear from a number of global emerging market managers about their response to the extraordinary events of the past year and their outlook for the rest of the year and beyond.
The managers will identify where they are seeing the biggest opportunities and risks at the moment in emerging markets and explain the role their strategies could play in client portfolios.
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Rebel shareholders call to wind-up Ken Wotton’s £178m trust
Board’s decision to appoint Gresham House and scrap discount control mechanisms has created major issues for Strategic Equity Capital
A pair of shareholders in Ken Wotton’s Strategic Equity Capital trust are ramping up calls for it to be wound up at the end of the month, following multiple mis-steps by the board.
In an open letter to the board of directors, long-term shareholders Ian Armitage and Jonathan Morgan set out their rationale for why they believe shareholders should vote to discontinue the trust at the extraordinary general meeting later this month.
Auckland Council manager moves on following allegations of bullying staff
15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Auckland Council has dealt with allegations of bullying by a manager. Photo / File
A manager at Auckland Council has moved on following formal complaints she allegedly bullied members in her team.
Two former staff members told the Herald they were bullied to no end by the manager.
The pair described the culture as toxic to the Herald and one of them said they went on antidepressant drugs to deal with the stress.
The pair claimed another colleague was also bullied by the manager and left the department for another job at the council.
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Who Would Kidnap a Space Telescope? Marina Koren
NASA’s new space telescope has had a rough go. Name a problem, and this telescope meant to be the most powerful of its kind, a worthy successor to the famous Hubble hasfacedit: poor management, technical errors, budget overruns, schedule delays, and a pandemic. So, naturally, the people responsible for the telescope’s safety are now thinking about pirates.
Yes, pirates.
The topic came up at a recent meeting about NASA’s James Webb space telescope, named for a former administrator of the space agency. Later this year, the telescope will travel by ship to a launch site in South America, passing through the Panama Canal to reach French Guiana. Webb, with a mirror as tall as a two-story building and a protective shield the size of a tennis court, is too large for a plane. Its departure date will be kept secret, someone said at the meeting, to protect against pirates who might want to capture the precious cargo an