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Trust company considers outsourcing while MITs drive growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... Company's corporate growth is coming through Managed Investment Trusts (MIT), as it acts on behalf of European and North American clients. The company is now trustee to 24 MITs, supervising over $4 billion in assets and expects overseas appetite for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... stations in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. NEW YORK - Clothing retailer Esprit ssays it will divest loss-making North American operations and close 80 stores as annual profit has plunged 98 per cent. NEW YORK, Sept 15 AFP - Shares in Research In ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... bubble. Economists such as Harvard professor Martin Feldstein have predicted nothing but gloom ahead for the troubled North American country, which must seek approval from congress to increase the $14.29 trillion debt ceiling by May. US Treasury Secretary ...

KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... Duane Cadman has worked across infrastructure, real estate and private equity at CFS, where he helped establish a North American operation. Prior to that was with JPMorgan and Gresham Partners. Asset consulting evolving their service towards deal making ...

AMP Capital to recruit in infrastructure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... Capital Investors. Shaw has over ten years experience covering emerging markets, while Humphreys has focused on the North American infrastructure market. AMP Capital Brookfield said it plans to recruit new talent into the team in the future. The team ...

IGCC launches climate risk survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... will be performed in conjunction with the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and the North American Investor Network on Climate Risk, the three major investor coalitions represent US$14 trillion in funds. Survey results ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
North American pension funds have been actively pursuing investment opportunities this week, and in typically unconventional fashion. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed ...

AMP Capital opens NY office

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... Capital Investors hopes to service its clients' increasing appetite for global mandates with the opening of a new North American Infrastructure office - making high profile recruitments to get things underway. "AMP Capital is one of the most experienced ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... fallen less than their global counterparts from 11.5 per cent in 2003 to close to 9 per cent in 2009. In contrast, North American investor real estate exposure has declined, on average, by 4 per cent. Nicole Connolly, director of alternative investments ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder proposals regarding labour standards appeared on North American ballots of companies based in the region. The proposals came from a number of sources including US-based Amalgamated Bank ...