Monday, 30 July 2007

Canada pension board confirms stake in TSX rival

(Reuters) - The board, the investment arm of Canada's second-largest
pension plan, is the only "buy-side" investor involved in
Alpha, a new automated trading system being formed by
seven of the country's biggest investment dealers.




Donald Raymond, senior vice-president of public market
investments at the board, said the purchase is both a straight
investment on which it expects to get good returns but also a
strategic investment and a way to cut trading costs.


Read more at Reuters.com Mergers News

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