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Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... central bank is thinking of diversifying its foreign reserves to include the Australian dollar. It has already added the Canadian dollar to its international reserves. Where do these leave us? They leave us with the same old trading pattern witnessed ...

NabInvest buys Canadian property boutique

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
National Australia Bank's direct asset management business, nabInvest, has bought Presima, a global REIT boutique fund manager based in Canada. The acquisition is nabInvest's seventh deal since the business was established in October 2007 and its second ...

Transurban deal off Future Fund table

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
The $66 billion Future Fund has terminated discussions with two Canadian pension funds on buying Transurban. The Future Fund Board of Guardians released a statement yesterday, stating it has "terminated discussions with the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... surveyed 35 firms. These firms were asked how they voted on a selection of 34 issues that appeared on the ballots of Canadian companies. On the agenda were board and committee independence, executive stock option plans, and corporate reporting on environmental ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Future Fund is considering an investment in toll-road operator Transurban and is in preliminary discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ...

State Street wins $2.2bn Canadian mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
State Street has been appointed by the Canadian-based $2.2 billion Saskatchewan Teachers Federation to provide investment services to the pension plan. The deal means State Street will provide custody, fund accounting and securities lending to Canadian ...

Canadian pensions pounce on Aus toll road firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Canada Pension Plan and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, two of the biggest pension plans in Canada, set its sights on Australian-based toll road owner and operator group, Transurban. Australia's super fund infrastructure asset strategy appears to ...

Pension fund head gets jail sentence

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... used the funds from the plan for four years, between 1996 and 2000 to finance the purchase of share options within a Canadian firm. He was hoping to make 4.2 million francs from the purchase, noted the paper. IPE.com reported that he will also face a ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... cent six months after the Bank of Canada (BoC) took them there back in April this year. Like the rest of the world, the Canadian economy have been experiencing positive signs of improvement in activity and sentiment. And yet the BoC remains wary about ...

Macquarie buys Canadian dealer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Macquarie Group has bought Canadian investment dealer Blackmont Capital for $95 million ($C93.3 million) as the finance giant's global buying spree continues, and will rename the firm Macquarie Private Wealth. Macquarie announced on the ASX today that ...