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NAS appoints product GM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
NAB Asset Servicing has appointed a general manager, product. Allyson Bradnam joins NAB from RBC Financial Group in Canada, where she held numerous positions including global head of product, director client operations, head of portfolio management ...

T+2 settlement arrives on Monday

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... inflation bonds. T+2 settlement already operates in major markets including Europe and Hong Kong. The United States and Canada have proposed moving to T+2 in September 2017.

Australian pension market still global leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... world's largest pension market with US$21.8 trillion followed by the UK with US$3.2 trillion, Japan with US$2.7 trillion and Canada with US$1.53 trillion. But in contrast to Australia's almost double digit annual growth over the decade, most of these ...

Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... dividends and rapidly increased these payments, Henderson said. On an underlying basis, Japanese growth was the highest. Canada and Europe also performed well, while the UK lagged. China saw its first annual decline in dividends, while India surpassed ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... said these kinds of taxes have been used for years by many countries including the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and some states in the US. Australia did abolish death duties in 1979 but there are now calls to reintroduce ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... About 20% of institutions intend to slightly increase hedge fund allocations, while 16% expect to decrease. The US and Canada are leading the increased allocation, while EMEA counterparts are looking to decrease. Senior managing director and global head ...

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... (LTVC) Global Index, aimed at tracking companies with the potential to create "long-term value". Developed jointly with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the LTVC index measures sustainability criteria and projected investment outcomes over a ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... investments by the top 10 Canadian public pension funds. A study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) last month found that Canada's 10 largest public pension funds have 32% of their investments in alternative assets. The study also said Canada's "Top ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... around the world to support people living and working in more than one country. These agreements are with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... 2007-09 crisis has been able to sustain them at a higher level. That includes central banks in the eurozone, Sweden, Israel, Canada, South Korea and Australia" - they all reversed course. Reminds me of Homer's (Simpson) question, "What's the point of ...