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REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... home. From a country perspective, Hong Kong (down 11%) and Singapore (14.3%) have performed relatively strongly, while Canada (down 31%) and Australia (down 32%) have lagged many of their peers. "The latter two economies are tied to natural resources ...

Melbourne boutique deepens Canadian ties

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
Munro Partners is introducing a global equities strategy to Canadian retail investors, after raising $1.5 billion in Canada since January 2019. The CI Munro Global Growth Equity strategy was launched to Canadian institutional investors in January, 2019 ...

Canadian pension fund pursues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
One of Canada's biggest pension funds is restructuring to better position itself for international opportunities, including in the Asia Pacific region. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) is shifting to an integrated structure for international ...

ESG funds crowned winners of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... Meantime, sustainable funds in the United States took in 14.6% of total inflows, while the rest of the world (including Canada, Australia and New Zealand) reported US$260 million in inflows. In comparison, Asian and Japanese sustainable funds reported ...

Westpac announces appointment, departure

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... brings together its group operations and group technology divisions. Collary joins Westpac from the Bank of Montreal in Canada, where he worked as its chief information and operations officer across its personal and business baking, private wealth and ...

Local investment firm to list in Canada

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
A Melbourne investment company has gained approval to list on the Canadian Securities Exchange. First Growth Funds Limited, which used to be listed on the ASX, will now trade on the CSE with the ticker FGFL, with the start date to be advised to shareholders ...

Gender diversity improves, cultural diversity falls: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... an Asian cultural background has reduced this year and their place seems to have been taken by directors from the USA, Canada and New Zealand," the report said. "The numbers are not that large, but it is a disappointing shift from a board diversity perspective." ...

Global dividends to fall 15%: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... rising 3.6% on a headline basis to a first-quarter record of $275.4bn, equivalent to underlying growth of 4.3%. The US and Canada each saw all-time quarterly records, while Japan, Hong Kong, and Russia broke Q1 records. The index of global payouts rose ...

Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... e.g. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE, lower May production is from record highs in April. Led by the United States and Canada, April supplies from countries outside of the deal were already 3 mb/d lower than at the start of the year. The again, oil ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... 63.5% in April - those dropouts aren't classified as unemployed. Likewise, the ABS explained that unlike in the US and Canada, which "treat all people formally stood down 'on temporary layoff' as being unemployed... Australia limits to four ...