OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS LOCATION ACTIVITIES POST EVENT COVERAGE 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 director, completion portfolio strategies, total portfolio management, […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS LOCATION ACTIVITIES POST EVENT COVERAGE 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 7:30 – 8:30 AM: Breakfast (Bengal Room) […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS ACTIVITIES LOCATION Keynote speaker Dan Ciuriak, senior fellow, Centre for International Governance and Innovation, director, principal, Ciuriak Consulting Inc. Dan Ciuriak is a director and principal at Ciuriak Consulting Inc., a senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a senior fellow with the C.D. Howe Institute, a distinguished fellow with […]
When the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, companies across Canada scrambled to shift their employees to home setups. For the dozen or so staff at Edmonton-based technology company Punchcard Systems, the new reality meant figuring out new patterns of how to communicate as they would have at their downtown office. […]
Investment funds that are designed to entice Canadian institutional investors to allocate more capital in domestic assets could open up conversations regarding the most effective way to boost investments at home, says Colin Busby, director of policy engagement at the C.D. Howe Institute. In September, the Globe and Mail reported there was little interest among […]
While Canadian employees are settling into new remote working patterns, regional disparities reveal different experiences across the country, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. It found by the end of 2023, 26 per cent of employees worked at least part of their week from home. However, the likelihood of working remotely varies […]
The end of the federal government’s real return bond program will deprive institutional investors and pension plan members of a valuable investment tool that can help protect against inflation, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. It found a majority of Canada’s largest institutional investors are interested in investing in real return bonds and […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Simone Reitzes, managing director, Medicus Pension Plan Simone Reitzes is head of the Medicus Pension Plan’s leadership team, with responsibilities for design, strategy, governance and risk management. Reitzes played an instrumental role in establishing the Medicus Pension Plan, which has become an innovative addition to Canada’s retirement system. […]
While many of the investment strategies and resources at the disposal of the Maple 8 — Canada’s eight largest public pension plans that represent more than $2.1 trillion in assets under management — are out of reach for medium- and small-sized plan sponsors in the country, the path carved by the most sophisticated investment organizations […]
A renewed call for increased domestic investments by Canadian pension plans isn’t surprising amid an ongoing discussion around the role of investment organizations in supporting the economy, says Malcolm Hamilton, a senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. “I think it’s very natural for Canadian businesses . . . [that] focus on the Canadian economy, not […]