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G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... Philly Fed index fell to minus 6.3 in Feb from plus 9.4 in Jan. Blame the weather too for the drop in retail spending in Canada (down 1.8% in December) and the United Kingdom (down 1.5% in December). Now don't get me wrong, s'il vous plait, I'm not disputing ...

Australia's pension pool fastest growing in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Globally the trend away from DB towards DC continued, with 47% of assets now in DC, a 2% rise from last year. However, Canada, Japan and the Netherlands still overwhelmingly favoured DB, with 4%, 2% and 6% of assets respectively in DC funds. In terms ...

Government must recycle brownfield infra: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... area. "The international superannuation funds that are currently engaged in the Australian market, particularly those from Canada and the UK, are viewed as having relatively greater in-house staff experience and expertise when it comes to investing in ...

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 ...

Shale gas revolution could be worldwide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... the middle of the United States. They have to burn it off because they have nowhere to put it." He said that the US and Canada were not alone in having huge deposits of natural gas trapped in rock deposits, which have only recently become accessible ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... of month/quarter calendar dates. According to CMCRC, HFT accounts for around 50%-70% of equity trades in the US, 40% in Canada, and 35% in London. Electronic, algorithm-based trading has been in use since the 1970s but concerns have escalated in recent ...

Governor Carney is no monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013

Skaffold makes Asia deal with Thomson Reuters

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... expected to have one of the highest growth rates among advanced economies. It will grow faster than Germany, Japan, France and Canada next year, according to growth estimates from each country's central bank". I can't blame Mark Carney for glowing...and ...

CBA accepts DEXUS' property fund takeover bid

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... step forward, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia agreeing to the terms of DEXUS' proposal. DEXUS, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), bid to take on all issued units in CPA through an informal trust scheme, in a deal worth ...