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Canadian pension fund enters AMP Capital property portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
The billion-dollar New 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 ...

Canadian instos approved for Aussie ag investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Two Canadian institutional investors now have regulatory approval to acquire 49% of the Australian arm of diversified natural resource company Glencore Agriculture. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will not oppose the ...

M&A activity impacted by politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Macquarie Group and Deloitte led the financial adviser merger and acquisition deal count in Australasia during the first half of 2016, according to the latest Mergermarket data. Both firms recorded 14 deals in the six months to 1 July, followed by Goldman ...

Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
Economic slowdown on a roll. This is the message from the latest disappointing readings from China's official manufacturing and non-manufacturing purchasing managers' indices (PMIs). The manufacturing PMI fell deeper into contraction (below 50) from ...

GPT Group bows out of CPA bidding war

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
GPT Group has conceded defeat to Dexus Property group and partner Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in the battle to buy the Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). GPT Group, which owns 11.72% of CPA, said in an announcement on the Australian ...

CBA accepts DEXUS' property fund takeover bid

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
DEXUS Property Group's bid to take over Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA) has taken step forward, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia agreeing to the terms of DEXUS' proposal. DEXUS, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
DEXUS Property Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have joined forces in a bid to take over Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). DEXUS announced today that the consortium had made an indicative, non-binding proposal to Commonwealth ...

NAB embroiled in £1.3 billion UK bank scandal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... and credit card fraud. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday announced that insurer Card Protection Plan Limited (CPP) and 13 banks, including Clydesdale, would have pay seven million customers up to A£1.3 billion (AU$2.25 billion). The FCA ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... billion. The Trust Company's current Canadian pension fund clients include Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCO), CPP Investment Board and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP). OTPP has been an investor in Australian infrastructure for ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
One of Canada's largest institutional investors has adopted new technology as it looks to move in-house certain investment operations previously outsourced to a third party. The $130 billion Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the world's ...