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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 ...

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 ...

SEC charges COVID-19 microcap scammers

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... of the defendants involved in the scheme, which it says has been running since at least January 2018. The SEC alleges Canadian citizens Nelson Gomes and Michael Luckhoo-Bouche, as well as others, enabled corporate controllers to conceal their identities ...

A case for flexible asset allocation: First Sentier

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... developed markets over their emerging counterparts. "Within that macro view, at the time of writing we have preferences for Canadian, Swiss and Indian equities, while we have a view to be underweight to countries such as Italy, Spain and the US," Somaia ...

BGH Capital, Canadian pension fund shelve NZ acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... operations. Abano Healthcare Group, which is listed on the New Zealand stock exchange, in November agreed to BGH and the Canadian pension fund acquiring all of its shares for $5.70 a share. The transaction was approved by the courts and shareholders ...

Chief economist update: The corona crash of 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Bros. News that Tom Hanks and wife Rita tested positive for the coronavirus and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie are in self-isolation - aside from earlier reports of that ministers (health ...

Morningstar boosts financial planning capabilities

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Morningstar will acquire a Canadian financial planning and risk-profiling software firm, in a bid to expand its advice capabilities world-wide. Morningstar has acquired PlanPlus Global, whose FinaMetrica Profiler risk software is currently available ...