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Saudi Arabia, China A-shares to see boost in MSCI emerging market index

Saudi Arabia, China A-shares to see boost in MSCI emerging market index

MSCI Inc. is updating certain key indexes, with changes taking effect when the market closes on Tuesday. Stemming from MSCI’s most recent quarterly index review, the changes include increasing…

  • By: Staff
  • August 27, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 08:30
How will advanced life deferred annuities work in practice?

How will advanced life deferred annuities work in practice?

With the private sector’s move from defined benefit to defined contribution pension plans and rising life expectancies, the issue of retirement decumulation is increasing in…

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How can institutional investors capture South Korea’s next wave of growth?

Looking at South Korea today, it’s hard to believe the country was one of the world’s poorest just a few decades ago. But since the…

  • By: Staff
  • August 26, 2019 January 9, 2021
  • 09:38
How to benchmark performance when assets are private

How to benchmark performance when assets are private

As private market assets become larger and more important allocations in pension plan portfolios, the methods for effectively benchmarking performance will become more relevant to the institutional investment…

  • By: Staff
  • August 26, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00
Employers not investing in employee experience: survey

Employers not investing in employee experience: survey

Fewer than half (48 per cent) of employees said they believe their employers are invested in improving the employee experience, according to a new survey…

  • By: Staff
  • August 26, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
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What Argentina’s historic market crash means for institutional investors

On Aug. 13, after Argentina’s primary elections took a different direction than markets expected, the country’s stocks suffered one of the most dramatic crashes in…

Know what you own: managing the pitfalls of cyclicality

The current U.S. economic expansion has just become the longest on record. This period of uninterrupted growth has driven strong market performance over the past…

Are institutional investors about to dive back into emerging markets?

Are institutional investors about to dive back into emerging markets?

While emerging markets have been underperforming their developed counterparts over the past decade, this may be about to change. “Basically, everything went wrong in emerging…

OPTrust appoints Peter Lindley as president and CEO

OPTrust appoints Peter Lindley as president and CEO

The OPSEU Pension Trust is appointing Peter Lindley as its president and chief executive officer, effective Sept. 16, 2019. “Peter Lindley brings deep experience in investing…

  • By: Staff
  • August 22, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 17:30
Majority of Canadian employers investing in salary increases: survey

Majority of Canadian employers investing in salary increases: survey

The majority of Canadian organizations are continuing to invest in salary increases, with just six per cent reporting a salary freeze for executives and 4.8…

  • By: Staff
  • August 22, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 16:35
What Argentina’s historic market crash means for institutional investors

What Argentina’s historic market crash means for institutional investors

On Aug. 13, after Argentina’s primary elections took a different direction than markets expected, the country’s stocks suffered one of the most dramatic crashes in…

Shopify launches re-training program for developers who took extended leaves of absence

Shopify launches re-training program for developers who took extended leaves of absence

Shopify Inc. is putting out the welcome mat for software developers who’ve taken leave from work with its new training program. The three-month paid program…

Economic twilight zone: Bonds that charge you for lending

Imagine lending money to someone and having to pay for the privilege of doing so. Or being asked to invest and informed of how much…

Editorial: Celebrating winning employers shines a light in dark times

As we come to the end of another year, we continue to confront an uncertain geopolitical landscape, with wars raging on and leaders tangled in…

Head to head: What’s riskier right now: investments in private equity or public equity?

One academic argues in favour of public equity’s transparency in a volatile economy, while another looks to private equity’s future gains. Yuanshun Li, associate professor,…

How Waterloo Regional Health Network leadership unified retirement benefits under the HOOPP to ensure equity across its workforce

When Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital merged in April 2025, leaders weren’t just bringing together two sites and two cultures, they also…

  • By: Sonya Singh
  • December 12, 2025 December 14, 2025
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