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15 Aus super funds in Top 300

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... the Government Pension Investment Fund. The Netherlands has the third-largest market share with over 6%, while the UK and Canada are fourth and fifth largest respectively with over 5% share each.

Gonski calls for NFP director liability review

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... that works for NFPs. Arguing for a special association such as New Zealand has introduced and is currently being mooted in Canada, Gonski said of primary concern is a safe harbour provision for volunteers acting on NFP boards. "The concept of somebody ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... one eye on the exit. That, or load up only on AAA-rated bonds. There's only a handful - seven - of them now: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. Though Germany's still AAA, it's now on a negative outlook.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... the key level on Thursday for the first time since early April. Banking stocks led the German gains after Merkel said in Canada on Thursday that she backed European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's position on making sure the euro would not fail. Commerzbank ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... evidence the economy is growing steadily. Markets were also spurred by comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Canada, which appeared to give solid backing for the European Central Bank (ECB). Traders took the comments to mean that Mrs Merkel ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie sells infra to Asia's richest man

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... Kong already owns infrastructure businesses in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, mainland China, the United Kingdom, and Canada. In a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday, the consortium said it planned to expand its global earnings b ...

Canadian pension fund to buy UK soccer centres

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... billion (A$1.26 billion) expected to close later this year. Teachers' is the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada with around C$117bn (A$112bn) in net assets. TPC manages a portfolio valued at about C$12 billion (A$11.5bn) and has been an ...

Aust needs better PPP infra structures: Greiner

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... invested in Australia to which can be added the $1bn commitment on Lend Lease's Barangaroo project announced this week. While Canada is shifting towards defined contribution (accumulation) plans, in 2008 the proportion of Canadians with defined benefit ...

Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... investments. Other speakers were Komu Kumar, investment director, financial services for the Australian Trade Commission Canada, Scott Farrell, senior partner real estate and infrastructure tax groups KPMG, and Matthew Stutsel, KPMG head of tax practices ...

Instos should challenge commodity exposure: FQ

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... versus almost any foreign currency," said Dori Levanoni, First Quadrant's co-director of global macro. Darnell points to Canada as evidence that the phenomenon of a high correlation to foreign currency rather than commodity returns in resource-weighted ...