Toronto

Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) has a dedicated securities finance system that will now feed into the Torstone platform, which is the core books & records for the equities business, capturing all trades

The median year-to-date return for Canadian defined benefits plans stood at 5.2 percent for the period ending 30 September

Canadian equities, as measured by the S&P/TSX Composite Index, generated a return of 4.7 percent for the quarter, with all sectors posting gains with the exception of the health care and energy sectors

CIBC Mellon will offer fund accounting and administration, custody, securities lending administration, and foreign exchange processing and settlement services

RBC Investor & Treasury Services' All Plan Universe shows that Canadian pension plans saw their highest single quarter returns for Q2, after suffering the steepest revenue decline since 2008 in Q1

CIBC Mellon will provide national and international custody, securities lending and institutional accounting services to the Canadian public pension fund

As the financial environment improves, the Bank of Canada is scaling back some of its market operations; overnight repo rates hold firm

Canadian defined benefit pension plans in the RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe has experienced the steepest decline since 2008