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In-house investment management risky

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... into a separate entity that operates at arms length." This arms length approach has been used successfully by several Canadian pension funds, especially defined benefit funds managing specific asset classes such as property or infrastructure. But whatever ...

New Australian CEO for HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... diversity and banking strength mean that Paulo's Australian experience will be invaluable to continuing growth for our Canadian business," he said.

Macquarie in bid for Robeco: Report

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... resources in recent years, buying US firm Delaware Investments in 2009 for $US428 million. In 2009, Macquarie also acquired Canadian wealth management business Blackmont Capital and US boutique investment bank Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller. ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... Union, U.S. and Japan. As the Standard & Poor's GSCI Total Return index of 24 commodities fell 8.45% since April, the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars and Norwegian krone gained an average of about 1%, Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes ...

HDF to engage with APA on bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... diligence. The revised offer represents a premium on the all-cash $1.23bn offer from Pipeline Partners Australia - a Canadian/Australian consortium whose offer was recommended to investors by the Hastings board last week. In an announcement to the ASX ...

Canadian pension fund to buy UK soccer centres

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
The UK's biggest five-a-side football pitch company, Goals, has accepted a buyout offer of 73.1 million pounds (A$110.3 million) from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Teachers' is acquiring Goals through its private equity arm, Teachers' Private ...

Chinese pension fund awards global mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Investment Management and Stone Harbor Investment Partners were awarded management of emerging markets and debt products. Canadian investment firm AGF Management Ltd., Investec Ltd, JP Morgan and RBC Global Asset Management will handle natural resource ...

Aust needs better PPP infra structures: Greiner

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Canadian pension funds' aggressive appetite for Australian infrastructure assets is indicative of the failure of Australian governments to structure deals in a way suitable for local super funds. Nick Greiner, chairman of Infrastructure NSW, said yesterday ...

Super funds tap Barangaroo development

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... in the $6bn Barangaroo development alongside the Lend Lease managed Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial announced its status as a cornerstone investor ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... infrastructure company and we're seeing a lot of activity by Asian investors in various countries all over Europe," Crosbie said. "Canadian investors have been making acquisitions in different parts of Europe and we're seeing Middle Eastern investors ...