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Global aged care specialists eye Aussie market

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... provides home-care services. The firm started 17 years ago and it has expanded to other countries such as the China, Brazil, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Some company executives traveled recently to Australia to have a first feel of the market. "The first ...

Study shows dark pools benefit markets at low volumes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... efficiency of the market. "Rigorous testing of the data consistently showed that dark trading at the level observed in Canada is a positive force for market quality and efficiency," CMCRC research analyst Sean Foley said. "At the levels observed in Canada ...

Former Royal Bank of Canada employee jailed for insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013

The life insurance sustainability challenge

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... that insurers can return to sustainable long-term profitability, Alain NA(C)emeh, executive vice president, Australia and Canada at Reinurance Group of America (RGA) said in a concurrent session on Day 2 of the FSC Conference in Brisbane. He emphasised ...

International pension funds battle for Aussie infra

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... Manager, Corporate Clients, Andrew Cannane said that, if you factor in the growing pension funds of other nations such as Canada, then it is safe to say "competition for quality assets will be intense." Cannane cited the fierce competition over the sale ...

Macquarie leads global infra cap raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... global unlisted infrastructure fund by the target size is the US$5 billion Brookfield Infrastructure Fund II operated by Canada's Brookfield Asset Management.

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... peso with a short on a basket of currencies in economies exposed to commodity prices such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada," he explained. "This year the Aussie dollar has fallen significantly so we've changed moved that exposure to the Swedish krona ...

Advice proposition props up mortgage broker market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... featured in the study, is now around 45%. "These market share numbers compare very favourably with those overseas, with Canada at about 27 per cent; the US under 40 per cent and New Zealand at 25 per cent, while the UK penetration of brokers still sits ...

Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... non-profit organizations, endowments, foundations, state and local governments and joint boards of trustees in the US and Canada.

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... a wave of interest from Canadian pension fund investors, according to The Trust Company. Fresh from a visit to some of Canada's leading pension funds, Andrew Cannane, general manager corporate clients at The Trust Company, said Canadian funds were attracted ...