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Canadian pensions stage Q3 recovery

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Canadian pensions have bounced back in the third quarter of this year, with local bonds and global shares the major contributors to the recovery. According to a RBC Dexia Investor Services survey, which monitors Canadian pension plans and money managers ...

Canada plan in talks to buy Livingston

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... said. Mark Wiseman, senior vice-president, private investments, for CPP Investment Board, said: "Livingston is a leading Canadian company with a strong management team and a robust platform for long-term growth. We look forward to working with Livingston ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
... Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA). For overseas data, Deloitte analysed comparable information collected by a Canadian research firm CEM benchmarking. New IFSA chief John Brogden said that IFSA hopes the new research will assist the ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... achieved across GPS, integration of the principles into the investment framework and effort around active ownership. UK and Canadian signatories consistently achieved high self assessment scores across all principles while Brazil and Japan signatories ...

State Street wins $8b Rio mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... Street will provide Rio Tinto with custody, fund accounting, securities lending and investment analytics services for its Canadian, US and UK pension schemes. The services will be provided from State Street's operations in London and Montreal. "State ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... Because their appreciating currencies act as a de facto tightening in monetary policy. More so for the Australian and Canadian dollars which are getting a boost from rising commodities. But somehow, I think the RBA and the BoC would rather deal with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... 63 points higher at 3,815. In news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens will address a Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce breakfast. The RBA will release the minutes of its May board meeting. Treasury Secretary Ken ...

Rothfield heads ML economics

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... in Bank of America's Global Foreign Exchange group, formulating the company's view on the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian economies, interest rates and currencies. Rothfield was also a part of the team that developed and communicated the company's ...

VFMC chief Syd Bone leaves

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... joined the firm from Goldman Sachs in September last year, will act as interim chief executive. Pascoe in turn replaced Canadian pension expert Leo de Bever, who left VFMC in August last year - roughly 18 months earlier than expected, Bone said at that ...

RBC Dexia tops custody survey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... the UK, Canada and the "rest of the world" category in the annual R&M Consultants Global Custody Survey. Overall the Canadian custodian ranked third - representing the sixth consecutive year the company has occupied one of the top three spots in the ...