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Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... pessimistic scenario, the US could lose its AAA in 2013. This is opposed to what Moody's termed "resistant" economies - like Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland and New Zealand - described as countries which started from a more robust budget position ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... includes: North America: US -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley; Canada -- Royal Bank of Canada. Europe: UK - Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered; Switzerland -- Credit Suisse ...

Aus Ethical adds equities analyst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... former fund manager at Three Pillars Portfolio Managers, Nathan Lim, as an equities analyst. Lim has worked in Australia, Canada and Malaysia and has experience in the alternative energy market across wind, solar, geothermal and battery technologies. ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... recover falling revenues. Still too many houses for sale. Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Oh btw, we may as well include Canada here. V- is for none other than the BRICs and selected Asian countries with China of course providing the lynchpin. At least ...

State Street wins $2.2bn Canadian mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... and health benefit funds," she said. State Street already provides investment services to the 10 largest pension plans in Canada. Kevin Drynan, president at State Street Trust Company Canada, said the appointment reflected the firm's long-standing commitment ...

No let up in ING asset sales

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... Zealand insurance business to ANZ, sold their Chilean annuity and mortgage business to Corp Group Vida Chile SA, and sold ING Canada. Driving this pruning down of ING to its core is their "Back to Basics" program, announced last month, which resulted ...

Canadian pensions pounce on Aus toll road firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
The Canada Pension Plan and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, two of the biggest pension plans in Canada, set its sights on Australian-based toll road owner and operator group, Transurban. Australia's super fund infrastructure asset strategy appears to ...

ING Clarion wins inflows and award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... 100 listed property securities with a focus on real estate investment trusts (REIT) listed on stock exchanges in the UK, Canada, Asia and the US.

MFS on expansion trail

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... chief executive Robert Manning said the group is soon to receive a US$50 million cash injection from its parent, Sunlife Canada - additional funding that will help accelerate its growth strategy in Asia, Europe, the US and Latin America. "Our main focus ...

Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... that investors remain willing to finance US government debt. But while the world makes up its mind on Uncle Sam's future, Canada - it seems - remains in dire straits. Canada's official interest rates remain at a record low 0.25 per cent six months after ...