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Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... think about impediments and what can be done to "overcome them and truly be global investors." "What's the pension fund in Toronto doing? What's the sovereign wealth fund in Beijing doing? What's the Central Bank doing in Europe? They're the people you're ...

Macquarie exec leaves to join boutique fund manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... financial markets experience, with the past 18 spent in senior roles with Macquarie group. Most recently he was based in Toronto, Canada, where he was managing director and business head of Macquarie Global Investments, a division he helped establish ...

PROFILE: UniSuper CEO Kevin O'Sullivan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... O'Sullivan has lived in Melbourne for the last 24 years, but his accent leaves no doubt that he is, in his own words, a Toronto boy. Born and bred in the eastern part of the city, he studied commerce and actuarial science at the University of Toronto. ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... deal makes ASX a significant investor alongside ANZ, CBA, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, NAB, RBC, RBS, Toronto Dominion, UBS and Westpac. If completed, ASX's stake will be non-controlling and Yieldbroker will remain independently managed. ...

Former Macquarie exec joins IRESS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... executive director of banking and financial group services. His 18 years at Macquarie most recently included a stint in Toronto. IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said: "Matthew is an outstanding executive with impressive international and local experience. ...

Professor proposes cheap longevity insurance design

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... affordable by designing them so they only pay out if the market does badly. According to Moshe A. Milevsky of York University, Toronto, while lifetime and deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs) solve the problem of longevity risk, they are "bloody expensive." ...

Macquarie sells private wealth business in Canada

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... sale of its Canada business will have no effect on the other businesses in the country, which continue to operate from Toronto, Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver. Macquarie operates diverse businesses in Canada, including institutional equities, corporate ...

ASIC issues governance warning on local emerging market companies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Securities Exchange (ASX) have operations or assets outside of Australia. In light of the high profile 2011 collapse of the Toronto listed Sino-Forest Corporation, the regulator has published a report (REP 368) outlining potential risks in local emerging ...

US foreign exchange group sets up in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Toronto-based foreign exchange and global payments company Cambridge Mercantile Group has opened its Asia Pacific regional office in Sydney, recognising the increasing importance of the local currency. Cambridge said a strong economy has seen the Australian ...

Canadian pension fund to buy UK soccer centres

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... sports businesses, owning a stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE), which has a number sports properties in Toronto, for nearly two decades. The fund agreed last December to sell its majority stake in MLSE in a deal worth C$1.32 billion ...