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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 ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Based on a survey of 293 institutional investors, trustees, managers and consultants in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada and Asia-Pacific, the Aberdeen research indicates that the vast majority (89%) of respondents viewed good corporate governance ...

AMP Capital invests $277m in natural gas

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... invested $277 million (US$200 million) in a loan facility that will finance natural gas-fired power plants in the US and Canada. AMP Capital has acted as the sole lead arrangement of a subordinated debt investment in Invenergy Clean Power, which develops ...

Industry buoyed by Trans-Pacific Partnership

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... TPP represent 40% of the global economy and a quarter of world trade. Participating countries include Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, NZ, Peru, Singapore, USA and Vietnam.

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... should import)". (Business Dictionary.com). China should have left the digging and the mining to Australia and Brazil and Canada and South Africa et al and focused instead on producing products where it has comparative advantage, such as knock-offs (just ...

BNP Paribas loses custody deal to RBC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
A $5.5 billion fund manager has ended its custody agreement with BNP Paribas and appointed Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Bangarra Group-owned Bennelong Funds Management has appointed RBC Investor and Treasury Services as its new custodian an administrator ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... Corp, Telefonica SA and BHP Billiton; the biggest deletions, meanwhile, were Cisco Systems, PepsiCo and the Royal Bank of Canada. The industry that saw the biggest improvements in sustainability was electronic equipment, instruments and components. Interestingly ...

Macquarie exec leaves to join boutique fund manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
A Macquarie executive responsible for setting up the group's global investments division in Canada has left to join a boutique funds management firm. Perth-based NWQ Capital Management has appointed Stuart McClure as managing director. McClure has over ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... supply glut in commodities which, by extension, dampens the growth outlook for commodity exporting countries - Australia, Canada, Brazil, Russia, the Middle East - which lowers demand some more. And then there's terrorism - ISIS, Bangkok bombings and ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... inflation remains highly uncertain, and unanticipated developments could delay or accelerate this first step". The Bank of Canada's "surprise" move overnight, cutting interest rates by 25 bps to a 6-year low 0.5% also brings us back to early this year. ...