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Transurban deal off Future Fund table

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... Transurban. The Future Fund Board of Guardians released a statement yesterday, stating it has "terminated discussions with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario teachers' pension plan regarding their proposal to acquire Transurban Group". ...

Global instos flock to Asian infrastructure

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... and waste management. Capital commitments came from a range of institutional and high net worth investors including US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Middle East. "We have built a strong team of experienced infrastructure professionals based in Hong Kong ...

Risk-free no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... in Mooresville, North Carolina, drugmaker Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, Illinois, and Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada have also been below Treasuries, Trace data show." How could this be? Aren't corporate bonds supposed to be priced according ...

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... environmentally responsible. While many of these memorandums are aspirational, Peter Aceto, chief executive at ING Direct in Canada, said it was important to take these principles beyond that. "Posters and screensavers alone are not enough," he said. ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... and whatever it is America publicly peddles to get the rest of the world onside. But somehow I don't expect Australia and Canada and South Africa joining in because of the positive impact on their economies of rising commodity prices thanks to China. ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... 4.0 per cent gain. Don't think we still need to mention the roaring Chinese economy. But it is not only our neighbours. Canada also recently reported its economy grew at annualised rate of 5.0 per cent in the Q4 - the fastest in almost a decade. Thus ...

Hasting sells off HUT stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... holding in the Hastings Utilities Trust. RBC Capital Markets is the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada. With over 4,000 employees, RBC Capital Markets is active globally in fixed income, foreign exchange, infrastructure finance ...

Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... energy, regulated utility, transportation and telecommunications sectors globally. Macquarie manages funds in Mexico, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

ACSI voting service attracts five members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... proxies of companies they invest in. The service provides a complete voting package for 500 of the largest stocks in the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Byrne said super funds would be forced to navigate through different red tape for each company they invest ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) submitted an indicative proposal to buy 100 ...