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RBC secures custody mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... provider with more than $1.25 billion in funds under management. The investor and treasury services arm of the Royal Bank of Canada was recently appointed as custodian and administrator for Uniting Financial Services. UFS is the treasury and investment ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... in prospect." Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe said this in his prepared remarks at the 'Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum' in Sydney on the 22nd of February 2017, as he spoke about the "Shared Experiences" between the two ...

More firepower in Challenger play

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... use GSFM or its investment partners to distribute products down under. "We're talking about a few funds that we offer in Canada to bring down here," Anderson said. "One of the things we said to the management of GSFM was 'we have a strong balance sheet ...

Buying American

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... deficit); European Union (US$12.3 billion deficit); Japan (US$6.5 billion deficit); Mexico (US$4.4 billion deficit) and Canada (US$2.2 billion deficit).

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australia is the fourth largest pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016. Willis Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study shows that Australia's higher aggregate weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds ...

AMP Capital infrastructure platform secures US$2.4b

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Infrastructure Fund and the Strategic Trust of Europe (SITE), has attracted global interest from investors in the UK, US, Canada, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Middle East, Ireland, Australia, Spain and Finland. The fund has a portfolio of infrastructure ...

Canadian pension fund enters AMP Capital property portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... Zealand property portfolio managed by AMP Capital is welcoming its latest co-investor, a second Canadian pension fund. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is acquiring a 50% stake from fellow Canadian owner, the Public Sector Pension Investment ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... Aussie super funds are reported to have an average of 18 in-house portfolio members, well below the global average of 51. Canada's pension system has the largest average at 92. Regardless of the low number, the latest PwC global pension funds study shows ...

Grant Samuel sells 80pct stake in GSFM

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... backing of an accomplished asset management and distribution firm that is one of the largest investment fund companies in Canada." "The CI business model is similar to the GSFM model and the two businesses are culturally aligned. CI initially approached ...

Milliman and Frontier explore new retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... 70.5 years in 2010-2015." "For both men and women, Australia has a higher life expectancy than similar countries such as Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the USA," Cho said.