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AMP Capital bets on AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... occupying the building. The autonomous AI HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning system) will be deployed by Canadian-based artificial intelligence company, BrainBox AI. AMP Capital said it will be rolled out across its entire managed real estate ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... with a colleague. Wiseman joined BlackRock in September 2016 after spending more than a decade at CPP Investments, a Canadian fund manager, where he served as president and chief executive for four of those years. He now chairs the board of Alberta Investment ...

Westpac hires consumer chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... from Dubai-based fintech Deem where he has been chief executive for over two years. Prior to that he was president of Canadian fintech Zafin where he was responsible for the company's engineering, product development, digital ecosystem and investment ...

Global pension fund doubles down on APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A major Canadian pension fund is increasing its presence in Asia Pacific, establishing a new office focused on opportunities in Australia and New Zealand. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) opened a new office in Singapore today, marking the ...

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 ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... ground due diligence capability when they can't travel and kick the tyres figuratively and literally...For example Canadian, US [like CalSTRS or CalPERS], Dutch pension funds or GIC [Singapore sovereign wealth fund], if they have commercial real ...

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 ...

Sydney boutique winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... managed about $10 billion for institutional and retail clients. GSFM (formerly Grant Samuel Funds Management, before Canadian CI Financial Corp acquired 80% of the business) owns a minority stake in Redpoint. GSFM bought 49% stake in Redpoint last year ...

Regtech adds to advisory board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... made two new advisory board appointments, which it says will help prepare the company for expansion into the US, UK, Canadian and European markets. Former AMP director of technology Giovanni De Angelis and corporate lawyer Michael Dodge have been appointed ...

Former BMO head joins big four executive line-up

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... the other side." Irvine has spent the last 12 years with BMO, based in Toronto. Most recently, he served as its head of Canadian business banking, where he was responsible for increasing customer loyalty, growth and market share through engagement. Other ...