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SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018

... enhancement to its board gender diversity voting guidelines would begin in Australia, the UK and US in 2020, moving to Canada, Japan and continental Europe in 2021. SSGA said its campaign would extend to voting against board members on a nominating committee ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018

... measure. The Sino-American tit-for-tat is the public face of the trade war but there's also battles being waged against Canada and Mexico (NAFTA) and more recently, Trump has been reported to be setting his crosshairs on Japan (then back to Europe?). ...

VicSuper among top pension funds, others climb

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018

... we have had two net new entrants, second only to the United States," he said. "Many other developed countries including Canada, U.K., Germany and others have actually had reductions in the number of funds they have on the list." Aussie funds' gains ...

AustralianSuper secures WestConnex stake

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018

... across New South Wales, the super fund said in a statement. The consortium, which comprises Transurban, AustralianSuper, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Tawreed, made a successful 51% bid for WestConnex. The winning consortium will pay $9.26 ...

Boutique fund house backs zinc project

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018

... Tribeca Investment Partners committed $1.5 million to Perth-based Superior Lake Resources' Superior Lake Project in Ontario, Canada; one of the highest-grade zinc projects in the world. Tribeca has also been appointed to act as arranger for project finance ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018

... steel and a 10% tariff on foreign aluminium in the name of "national security" that begot retaliatory tariffs from China, Canada, Japan, the European Union and Mexico, among others. Australia was exempted. Emerging markets - most of which are heavily ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018

... mainly but over the last two or three years are internationalisng," van Daele said. The manager has made investments in Canada, including a lithium-ion flywheel project in 2016 and another in 2017. "Australia is an interesting market for us. There's ...

Global pension fund injects $500m into Aussie real estate debt

HARRISON WORLEY | THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018

... Australian real estate debt investment with a $19 billion local asset manager. CPPIB Credit Investments - a subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board - injected $500 million into a new Challenger Investment Partners (CIP) fund investing ...

NRMA chair links with asset manager

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018

... innovation and corporate strategy to the asset manager. In October last year, Platinum expanded its footprint in the US and Canada by appointing a new distributor to continue to build the firm's offshore client strategy. Adviser and placement agent ...

Credit Suisse promotes private banking specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018

... manager, becoming team leader in 2013 and market leader in 2017. He previously worked at Macquarie Group, the Royal Bank of Canada and Hambros Bank. He also served seven years in the British Army. In announcing the appointment, Wade said Marr brings ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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