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2022 Risk Management Conference: Long-term implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for emerging market investors

lbailey — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:48:06 +0000

For years prior to the Russia-Ukraine war, there were murmurs about deglobalization as geostrategic tensions grew, nationalism flared worldwide and the coronavirus pandemic stressed global supply chains, said Seth Weingram, senior vice-president and director of client advisory at Acadian Asset Management, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2022 Risk Management Conference. Since the invasion, that discussion […]

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Coverage of the 2022 Global Investment Conference

Gideon Scanlon — Mon, 30 May 2022 13:01:10 +0000

In April, delegates joined academics, asset managers and a former Canadian Prime Minister at the Chateau Fairmont in Lake Louise, Alta., for the Canadian Investment Review’s 2022 Global Investment Conference. During the event, almost all of the speakers connected with a central theme: the reasons behind the success of Canada’s largest public pension investment organizations […]

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2022 GIC coverage: Institutional investors seeking better risk-adjusted returns should turn to emerging market debt

lbailey — Mon, 30 May 2022 12:50:45 +0000

Canadian institutional investors should have a strategic allocation to emerging market debt, Ward Brown, fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management, explained during his session. EM debt has two of the key characteristics needed for a strategic allocation. First, it is a good diversifier because it has low correlations with other assets commonly found […]

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Top 5 HR, benefits and pension stories of the week

bwolfe — Fri, 06 May 2022 13:00:49 +0000

An article on how employers can support workers as a record number of Canadians prepare to retire was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. How employers can support workers as record number of Canadians near retirement 2. Best Buy adopting remote working-first approach […]

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Canadian DB pension funded position improved in February: report

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:30:54 +0000

Despite rising concerns about inflation and the war in Ukraine, the funded position of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan improved slightly on both a solvency and accounting basis in February, according to a new report by LifeWorks Inc. In February, the solvency of the average DB pension plan rose by half a per […]

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Top 5 HR, pension and benefits stories of the week

bwolfe — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:00:15 +0000

A pair of stories on employee burnout and the ‘Great Resignation’ took the top spots over the past week on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Expert panel: How employers can help employees struggling with burnout 2. How can employers turn the ‘Great Resignation’ tide? 3. Employers expanding equity compensation programs to […]

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How are pension plan sponsors approaching investments in 2022?

mdunne — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:55:26 +0000

Nearly two years after the declaration of the global coronavirus pandemic and its subsequent impact on the worldwide economy, institutional investors are looking to the future with cautious optimism. Amid a recovering economy and rising inflation, pension plan sponsors are taking a long-term investment view and staying the course in the year ahead, while incorporating […]

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CPPIB-backed fintech stock rebounds after disappointing IPO

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:00:10 +0000

Shares in a Canada Pension Plan Investment Board-backed financial technology company have rebounded following a disastrous first week on the Bombay Stock Exchange. In the four days that followed One97 Communication Ltd.’s Nov. 18 debut, its stock price dropped by more than 37 per cent. By Nov. 29, following the release of a third quarter report […]

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2021 GIC coverage: Finding hidden value in emerging market currencies

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:56:48 +0000

This year has been a difficult one for emerging market currencies, but there are signs that 2022 will give investors reason to be optimistic. “For the first time in 20 years, U.S. growth is outperforming EM growth,” said Fernando Grisales, senior emerging market portfolio manager at Schroders, during his presentation at the 2021 Global Investment […]

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Sino-Canadian relations face a slow recovery, but China remains warm to investors: expert

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:00:22 +0000

While the return of two Canadians imprisoned in China since 2018 may lead the Canadian government to rethink its relationship with the world’s most populous country, the Chinese market will remain open to Canadian institutional investors, says Jia Wang, interim director of the China Institute at the University of Alberta. “There is an opportunity for […]

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