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How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... world can also be handily described by this matrix", said Power. "Oil-exporting Norway is in the north-east; Australia, Canada and New Zealand are in the north-west; the US and UK are in the south-west; and Japan, the Eurozone, Switzerland and Scandinavia ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... is why the heck not. Because of the costs - socio-eco-political and financial - and learning my history from Quebec and Canada, I never expected the 'Yes, we are seceding' vote to win. So what's the point of wasting bits and bytes on it? We've gone full ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... and Google lost 1.2 per cent. Burger King shares fell 2.1 per cent amid criticism that its $US11.4 billion takeover of Canada's fast-food chain Tim Hortons is in part aimed at cutting its tax bill by moving its headquarters to Canada. LONDON - European ...

IRESS reports profit increase in Australia

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... is a principal supplier of capital markets, wealth management, and lending systems in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom

AIST slams Xenophon's super home loan proposal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... next session of Parliament that will allow first home buyers to use their super to buy a first home, a policy modelled on Canada's Homebuyers' Plan. Xenophon argued this would make buying a first home more affordable. But Garcia said while AIST shared ...

Macquarie tight-lipped on EU details

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... advisers in 2012, but the number halved to about 300 in only two years. The group lost 185 from Macquarie Private Wealth in Canada, which was sold in September 2013. A further 100 advisers left the business in Australia since 2012. Macquarie refused ...

Canadian pension fund buys AMP NZ property portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
One of Canada's largest pension investors, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has bought a complete portfolio of New Zealand properties managed by AMP Capital worth NZ$1 billion. AMP Capital said the sale would allow investors, which include ...

Former Macquarie exec to head IRESS division

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... retail participants, representing professional and private end users. IRESS operates in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Announcing the appointment today, Walsh said the new role would be focused on growing ...

IFM bets $1bn on US shale gas revolution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... joined Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb on their business delegation to the US and Canada. Himbury said he was "immensely proud that IFM Investors, an Australian owned infrastructure investor that manages the retirement ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... agreement coincides with the conclusion of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's latest international trip that included a visit to Canada where one of his objectives was wooing Canadian pension funds to increase their direct investment into Australia. Canadian ...