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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... the Institute for Supply Management's factory index to its highest level in more than a year. Takeover activity included Canada's largest telephone company, BCE Inc, agreeing to a $US32.6 billion buyout. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 126.81 points ...

Investors extending their investment edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... mainstream investment thinking, said Craig Scholl, vice president of State Street Global Advisors. Conversely, said Scholl, "In Canada where hedge fund penetration is quite low the use of extension investing is also low." To move towards extension investing ...

MLC switches $65b custody contract to NCS

... and we are looking forward to working with them to meet the needs of our customers," he said. Meanwhile, Royal Bank of Canada will continue to provide custody services to the group's MasterKey Custom platform. Michelle Baltazar

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... equity rout. Shares of Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum company, rose to their highest in more than five years after Canada's Alcan said it was in discussions with third parties, following its rejection of US rival Alcoa's bid on Tuesday. The Dow ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... producer Zinifex Ltd's subsidiary Zinifex Canadian Enterprises Ltd announced this morning it had acquired 95 per cent of Canada's Wolfden Resources. In response, Zinifex's share price jumped 29 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $17.68 at 1211 AEST.

RBC Dexia ranked number one global custodian, again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... managing director of R&M Surveys. RBC Dexia was also named the number one global custody services provider in the UK and Canada and for asset owners and managers. Rob Wright, chief operating officer of RBC Dexia, said, "What makes this achievement particularly ...

RBC Dexia expanding service range

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... head of hedge fund services and investment finance at RBC Dexia Investor Services, visiting Australia this week said, "In Canada we have developed services so we act almost like a prime broker, services which have evolved from our more core services." ...

Macq making progress on restructure

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... coming year it plans to cover China, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Macquarie is also now selling mortgages in Italy and Canada, alongside its established mortgage business in the US. In real estate Macquarie has for the past two years been the largest ...

Canadian pension funds score 12.9 per cent

... against the Loonie increasing the Canadian Pension Plan's foreign performance figure to a high 21.6 per cent. "Since the Canada Revenue Agency lifted foreign content restrictions in 2005, global stock market performance matters more than ever," said ...

Up and down the fee chain: Mercer

... region you are in. For example, Asia charges the highest fees, Australia and New Zealand charge the average amount while Canada has the lowest. Mercer has noted that global fixed income is becoming marginally cheaper to invest in while Europe (including ...