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Super funds boost stake in US toll roads

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... UniSuper have bolstered their investments in a major road development based on the east coast of the US. Together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), the superannuation funds will acquire a 50% stake in the Greater Washington ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... magazine: "Even if there is a last-gasp deal, it will be "thin", at best similar to the free-trade agreement (FTA) between Canada and the EU. The British government's own modelling suggests that under such an accord, Britain's GDP will be 5% ...

Future Fund appoints chief investment officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Equities. Doug Cain was also appointed head of unlisted property. He was previously senior director with PSP Investments in Canada. Kelvin Mak has also joined the private equity team at Future Fund, from Navis Capital Partners.

International consortium sets sights on Optus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... Stilmark and US neutral host wireless network operators in ATN International have appointed Q Advisors and Royal Bank of Canada as financial advisers to the sale process. The consortium wishes to pursue opportunities driven by growing infrastructure ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
In an unprecedented move, eight of Canada's largest pension funds have come together to push for a standardised approach to ESG reporting to strengthen investment decision-making. Issuing a joint statement for the first time, the chief executives of ...

QInsure ramps up claims technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... based FINEOS Platform solutions over the past 3-4 years and we have been a 'cloud only' SaaS vendor in the US and Canada for over three years now," Kelly said.

Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... slower rate of 7% and 4.9% respectively. "The last decade has seen an increase in the representation of managers from US, Canada, China and Australia. In contrast, some European countries have lost market share during this period," it said. The only ...

Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... differed depending on the strengths of rules and practices in the country the businesses were based in. For example, Austria, Canada, Finland and France were found to have strong governance practices but weak rules in place. Meanwhile, Chile, Columbia ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Global banks have paid out around US$10.5 billion in fines so far this year, with Westpac taking out third place thanks to the AUSTRAC scandal. The research, provided by Finbold, listed the top 10 biggest fines paid by global banks with US institutions ...

Chief economist update: Splish splash, budget cash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... spend. As at the end of 2019, the US had a debt-to-GDP ratio of 107%; Japan, 237%; the Eurozone, 84.1%; the UK, 80.7%; Canada, 89.7%; China 50.5%. And then there's the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) which still has relatively more firepower than ...