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Report finds infrastructure investments at the centre of energy transition roadmap

Institutional investors are at the forefront of an infrastructure overhaul expected to be worth more than $100 trillion, which will be crucial for global energy…

  • By: Staff
  • June 10, 2024 June 11, 2024
  • 15:00

Coverage of the 2024 Global Investment Conference

On April 10-12, the Canadian Investment Review hosted a group of delegates, including defined benefit plan sponsors, asset managers and academics, in Alberta for the 2024 Global…

  • By: Staff
  • June 10, 2024 June 6, 2024
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2024 Global Investment Conference: Global energy interests posing challenges to institutional investors’ net-zero targets

Global powerhouses China and India will continue to heavily bet in oil and gas opportunities due to projected demand, despite the global push for green…

2024 Global Investment Conference: How the risk-return proposition can help portfolios perform well in a variety of market conditions

It’s important for institutional investors to view risk mitigation as a way to improve the risk-return proposition and not as a way to express a…

2024 Global Investment Conference: Canadian real estate pressures increasing demand for rental market investments

If Canadians aren’t able to access single-family housing, then by necessity they have to move to rentals, said Aaron Pittman, senior vice-president and head of…

2024 Global Investment Conference: How institutional investors can re-think active management to add value, generate alpha

An active manager only adds value for clients through three distinct ways: interpreting information through their research and decision-making, the way they manage risk through…

2024 Global Investment Conference: Technology, health-care innovations providing institutional investors with alpha

Institutional investors are navigating two massive innovations, namely artificial intelligence and artificial incretins, said Jennifer O’Hara Martin, global equity portfolio specialist at T. Rowe Price, during the…

2024 Global Investment Conference: Emerging markets providing opportunities for institutional investors

It’s the right time for institutional investors to commit allocations to the emerging markets asset class, said Andrew Ness, portfolio manager of emerging markets equity…

2024 Global Investment Conference: Institutional investors finding opportunity in Japan’s equity market resurgence

Japan’s equity market is a growth jurisdiction once again, said Olga Bitel, partner and global strategist at William Blair, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2024…

2024 Global Investment Conference: Global risk assessment in need of a change

The conventional assessment of global risk needs to consider the dynamic correlation between geopolitical and economical risks, said Radhika Desai, professor at the department of…

2024 Global Investment Conference: How institutional investors can leverage their influence with stewardship goals

Active ownership, accompanied by a concrete set of stewardship goals, is critical for long-term value creation, said Delaney Greig, director of investor stewardship at the…

2024 Global Investment Conference: A look at evolving retirement trends

During a panel discussion at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Global Investment Conference in April, three pension plan sponsors shared their perspective on plan design…

2024 Global Investment Conference: How institutional investors are navigating developed, emerging market trends

During a panel at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Global Investment Conference in April, three key thought leaders representing defined benefit pension plan sponsors shared…

CPPIB CEO defends current Canadian investment structure, respects rights of Alberta to consider CPP exit

In an open letter, John Graham, president and chief executive officer at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, defended the the investment organization’s current exposure…

  • By: Staff
  • June 7, 2024 June 6, 2024
  • 15:00
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Issuance of emerging market green bonds expected to reach US$240BN by 2025: report

The issuance of emerging market green bonds linked to sustainability and social factors is expected to grow at an annual rate of 7.1 per cent…

  • By: Staff
  • June 6, 2024 June 6, 2024
  • 11:00

Caisse’s $200 million loan to Quebec-based Gildan in question amid leadership change

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s $200 million loan to Gildan Activewear Inc. is in question amid a dispute within the company on…

  • By: Staff
  • June 4, 2024 June 4, 2024
  • 15:00

Expert panel: How transition investments can help institutional investors reach net zero

Driven by the net-zero pledge towards green investments, institutional investors are finding themselves uncomfortably wedged between a rock and a hard place. If they invest…

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Canadian pension funds invest $2.6 billion in Asia-Pacific region in 2023: report

Canadian pension funds invested $2.6 billion in the Asia-Pacific region in 2023, according to a new report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. It…

  • By: Staff
  • June 3, 2024 June 3, 2024
  • 15:00
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Pension fund investments support increased productivity at investee companies: report

Firms that are backed by pension fund investments report increases in employee productivity of between three per cent and five per cent, according to a…

  • By: Staff
  • May 31, 2024 May 31, 2024
  • 09:00
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Canadian private equity market raises $4 billion in Q1 2024: report

The Canadian private equity market raised $4 billion through 140 deals in the first quarter of 2024, a 52 per cent increase in deal values…

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  • May 30, 2024 May 30, 2024
  • 11:00
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Caisse enters share capital increase deal with transportation company, agrees to share repurchase deal with consulting firm

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is participating in a share capital increase deal with Alstom, a sustainable transportation solutions company. The investment…

  • By: Staff
  • May 29, 2024 May 29, 2024
  • 15:00
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Expert panel: New research brings mortality improvement into spotlight for pension plan sponsors

One of the many consequences of the coronavirus pandemic was an unprecedented interest in the life expectancy of Canadians. While the increased focus on life…

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Competitive pension risk transfer costs increase from 100.3% to 100.9% in April: report

The estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process increased from 100.3 per cent of a plan’s accounting…

  • By: Staff
  • May 28, 2024 May 28, 2024
  • 09:00

AIMCo Realty completes $900 million sale of green bond offerings; Ontario Teachers’ Venture Growth investing in German AI firm

The real estate investment arm of the Alberta Investment Management Corp. has completed the sale of $900 million in green bond offerings. The Series 6…

  • By: Staff
  • May 27, 2024 May 27, 2024
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