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UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... The Treasury aims for consolidation to allow greater infrastructure investment domestically, with the goal of emulating Canadian pension funds and Australian superannuation funds. "Evidence from Australia and Canada shows that this size allows pension ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Future Fund has acquired a 10% stake in energy transmission operator Transgrid from $155.5 billion Canadian pension fund OMERS. OMERS will retain a 10% stake in Transgrid, which it first invested in five years ago, and manage the Future Fund's stake ...

Canadian Securities Exchange to acquire National Stock Exchange of Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... Stock Exchange of Australia, has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with CNSX Markets, the market operator of the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE). Under the agreement, CNSX will acquire all remaining ordinary shares in NSX that it doesn't already ...

Finfluencer failed to disclose paid promotions, says regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... found those who make financial decisions based on finfluencers' recommendations are 12 times more likely to be scammed, a Canadian finfluencer was busted for failing to disclose sponsorship of content and engaging in investor relations activities. The ...

Pinnacle affiliate launches offshore version of smaller companies fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... is majority owned by its investment team and has grown to employ five investment professionals across its global and Canadian small-cap strategies. In addition to its London office, it also has a presence in the US, Canada, and Australia.

Data centres 'major growth sector' for Australia: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... data centres was only strengthening in Australia, pointing to the example of the sale of AirTrunk by Blackstone to the Canadian Pension Plan Investment board in 2024. "[The sale] cemented data centres as a major growth sector for Australia, and momentum ...

Trade war intensifies: China, Canada respond to Trump's tariffs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... imports in February. Canada and China have introduced their own retaliatory measures, further escalating trade tensions. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said the US tariffs were "very dumb," adding that Trump wants to see "a total collapse of ...

HESTA hunts for portfolio construction and risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... team Before his four years with HESTA, Sommers held leadership positions at Frontier Advisors, Bank of Scotland, and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. He spent seven years at Frontier Advisors as head of alternatives and derivatives. There, he led ...

Canadian pension fund names new CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board named a new investment chief of PSP investments and a new head of the pension fund's private markets subsidiary. Patrick Charbonneau has been appointed chief investment officer of PSP Investments. ...

Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... Currie brand is expected to complete by the end of this year. ClearBridge has US$193 billion in AUM invested in US and Canadian equities and infrastructure. "Martin Currie's local and offshore equity expertise is highly complementary with ClearBridge's ...