OVERVIEW SPEAKERS DELEGATES SPONSOR INFORMATION SEATING PLANS HOTEL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES SURVEY PDF PRESENTATIONS CONTACT US Investment Innovation Conference Nov. 19-21, 2025 | Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. November 20, 2025 Keynote presentation Canada in an era of anti-globalization (Sean Speer, political commentator and public policy analyst) Emerging markets debt in an evolving world (Yvette […]
OVERVIEW SPEAKERS DELEGATES SPONSOR INFORMATION SEATING PLANS HOTEL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES SURVEY PDF PRESENTATIONS CONTACT US Investment Innovation Conference Nov. 19-21, 2025 | Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. Keynote Speaker Sean Speer Political commentator and public policy analyst Speakers David Alloune Vice-president, asset allocation, Trans-Canada Capital Inc. Yvette Babb Portfolio manager, William Blair Jacky Chen Managing […]
The federal government’s latest budget brought along several announcements relevant to the institutional investor community of Canada — including a fund-of-funds initiative, clean electricity tax credits, funding options for airport assets — but an update on the real return bond program was nowhere to be found. “I read the debt management report and definitely noticed […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS SPONSOR INFORMATION LOCATION ACTIVITIES POST EVENT COVERAGE REQUEST TO REGISTER Keynote Speaker Barbara Sanders, associate professor in statistics and actuarial science, Simon Fraser University Barbara Sanders is an actuarial educator and researcher. After spending eight years in pension consulting, Sanders joined Simon Fraser University where she’s associate professor in the department of […]
OVERVIEW SPEAKERS DELEGATES SPONSOR INFORMATION SEATING PLANS HOTEL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES SURVEY PDF PRESENTATIONS CONTACT US Investment Innovation Conference Nov. 19-21, 2025 | Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C. November 19, 2025 4:30 – 5:30 PM: Speaker rehearsal (Crystal Ballroom) 6:00 – 9:00 PM: Opening cocktail reception and dinner (Palm Court and Bengal Room) November 20, 2025 […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS LOCATION ACTIVITIES POST EVENT COVERAGE Speaker Mark Zelmer, former deputy superintendent, financial institutions, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, fellow-in-residence, C.D. Howe Institute Mark Zelmer has more than 40 years of experience dealing with financial sector policy and regulatory issues, with roles at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, […]
Canadian financial institutions are staring down the barrel of a new world dynamic between Canada and the U.S. and Mark Zelmer, former deputy superintendent of financial institutions at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, wonders if they’re prepared. “What is becoming increasingly clear is that certainly our relation to the U.S. [is] going […]
A think tank is urging the federal government to abandon plans for a single-payer pharmacare program in the face of tariff-related fiscal uncertainty. Rosalie Wyonch, associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute, says in a new report released Thursday that the government should instead look to fill existing gaps in coverage. Ottawa should […]
A pension dashboard that consolidates all of an individual’s pension and retirement information using pre-populated data would make it significantly easier for Canadians to access and understand their retirement savings, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. “Canada’s current retirement landscape offers numerous savings vehicles, giving individuals more choices than in the […]
Two organizations representing the interests of Canadian pension funds are asking the federal government to bring back Canada’s real return bond program. In a joint letter, the Pension Investment Association of Canada and the Association of Canadian Pension Management, which speak on behalf of organizations managing more than $3 trillion in assets under management, asked […]