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Montreal Exchange extends trading hours

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
The Montreal Exchange (MX) is making a play for superannuation fund assets by syncing its trading hours to accommodate Asia Pacific investors. The Canadian derivatives exchange has extended its trading hours to allow Asia Pacific investors to manage ...

Pension fund backs Aussie insurance distributor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
A major Canadian pension fund has taken a 33.4% stake in the Greenstone, the Sydney-based distributor of several retail insurance brands. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has reached an agreement to acquire the stake from fellow Canadian pension ...

Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... Australia's largest integrated cotton producer Auscott Limited to Australian Food & Fibre, which is backed by a Canadian pension fund. Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management paid $350 million for the listed citrus and berry producer Vitalharvest ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... fund with over US$1.7 trillion; it's held this position for close to 20 years now. It is followed by the Government Pension Fund of Norway at US$1.3 trillion. The Global Pension Asset Study (GPAS) is a Thinking Ahead Institute study which gathers yearly ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Super funds may be able to access an income stream from the federal government for investments in affordable housing under a new scheme, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has heard. Appearing at the conference ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Despite responsible investing becoming the new normal, a panel of experts have argued that short-term thinking is allowing companies to get away with actions that are out of line with action on climate change. Speaking at the Australian Institute of ...

World Pension Alliance condemns COVID early release

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... Trustees (AIST) chief executive Eva Scheerlinck serves as its president. WPA has sent an International Federation of Pension Fund Administrators (FIAP) endorsement to the OECD about the practice, just as Chile and Peru look to extend COVID pension withdrawal ...

Aviva, PSP Investments acquire property

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
Aviva Investors and Canadian pension fund, Public Sector Pension Board (PSP Investments), have acquired four offices located around Hoxton Square in London. Hoxton Campus, in the east end of London's Tech City, comprises of four office buildings covering ...

State Street hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
State Street has appointed a head of transition management solutions for Asia Pacific, hiring from Macquarie Securities. Elliot Graham will lead State Street's transition management in the role of managing director within the bank's portfolio solutions ...

UK pension funds commit to manager diversity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... the charter already has 17 signatories, representing $2 trillion in assets under management. This includes Cornwall Pension Fund, The Church of England Pensions Board, Nest, Lothian Pension Fund and West Midlands Pension Fund. The creation of the working ...