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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board upgrades tech

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... pleased to partner with an organisation with the calibre of CPPIB," said David Kubersky, managing director of SimCorp North America.

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... spending their new found wealth. On top of the pyramid are the world's 1,000-plus billionaires, 500 of whom are from North America followed by 245 from Asia Pacific and 230 in Europe. On the base, with average wealth per adult of US$1,000 or less, are ...

Former VFMC chief joins CP2

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... infrastructure asset management group managing investments on behalf of sovereign, pension and endowment funds in Europe, North America and Australasia. CP2's investments include holdings in Transurban Group, DRIVe, ConnectEast, Zurich Airport, Copenhagen ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... public spending cuts since World War II and the global economy cools." Good now, convulsions later. But back in North America, the Bank of Canada raised interest rates the same week as the BOJ and the BOE kept theirs on ice. The BOC increased rates by ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... $16.60 after it recovered to a full-year profit from the prior year's loss, but warned scrap flows remain weak in North America and Europe. The company reported net profit of $126.7 million for the 12 months to June 30, compared with the prior year loss ...

AMP Capital opens NY office

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... around the world," AMP Capital managing director Stephen Dunne said. "The private infrastructure investment market in North America is starting to open up, so there has been no better time to grow our global infrastructure capability. In addition, our ...

Aviva Investors selects Cadis for data

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... over 12 weeks. Aviva Investors now plans to implement the platform in Asia Pacific (including Australia), Europe, North America and the UK. The fund manager has approximately $440 billion assets under management. The technology firm's platform manages ...

Global instos ramp up alternatives exposure

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... average, in the next two to three years. The Russell Investments 2010 Global Survey of 119 institutional investors in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia found institutional investors expect to re-commit more funds to alternative investments. ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... year-on-year increase in new search mandates in Q1 2010, with an increase of 48 per cent, versus a lower 29 per cent in North America and 26 per cent in Europe. On an industry basis, the report shows financial services had the highest growth rate, with ...

China SWF signs resources JV in Canada

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... reserves potential is significant. Penn West is one of the largest conventional oil and natural gas producers in North America and the largest producer of light and medium oil in western Canada, according to a statement.