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Caisse invests in Quebec-based telecommunications firm, AIMCo backs Asian green energy fund

bmcgovern — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:00:09 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing in telecommunications provider Cogeco Communications Inc. The investment organization will now hold $350 million worth of capital in the Quebec-based firm after purchasing a block of shares owned by Rogers Communications Inc. Cogeco Communications provides internet, video and telephone services in Quebec, Ontario and 13 […]

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Institutional investors looking to Asia as economies start to bounce back from pandemic

ANNA CAMPION — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:56:50 +0000

Rising incomes and technological change in the emerging economies present considerable investment opportunities for investors with longer-term horizons. Investments in emerging markets weren’t spared the impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic. But the ongoing crisis has had uneven effects, with economies and sectors reporting widely-varying results while revealing important lessons for investors in 2021 and […]

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Does time of day impact financial market returns?

mschmit — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:25:48 +0000

While many drivers can influence stock market returns, it turns out the time of the day may play an important role. In particular, the four hours around the time Asian markets close and European markets open account for the entire market returns when looking at E-mini S&P 500 futures, according to the paper by Dmitriy […]

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Ontario Teachers’ opening Singapore office

mschmit — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:45:08 +0000

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is opening a new office in Singapore to enhance its capabilities in Asia Pacific. As of the end of 2019, the plan had more than 30 employees in the region and about $15 billion invested there across public equity, private equity and infrastructure. “Expanding our presence in Asia is critical to […]

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ADB forecasts developing Asian economies in recession in 2020

mschmit — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 03:27:17 +0000

Developing economies in Asia will contract in 2020, the first such downturn in nearly 60 years, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday in an update to its forecasts. The update of the ADB’s outlook estimates the regional economy will contract 0.7 per cent this year, recovering to 6.8 per cent growth in 2021. Conditions could […]

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Looking beyond the U.S. for quality fundamentals at the right price

mschmit — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 03:52:04 +0000

US equities have dominated their global peers over the past decade. As of 30 June, the S&P 500 had returned 14.5 per cent per annum since hitting bottom during the global financial crisis in March 2009 compared to only 7.6 per cent for the MSCI All-Country World ex-USA Index. The outperformance of US shares isn’t […]

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EMPEA appointing CPPIB’s Suyi Kim to board of directors

mschmit — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 04:02:26 +0000

The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association is appointing Suyi Kim, head of Asia Pacific at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, to its board of directors. “Emerging markets are core to CPP Investments’ long-term strategy,” she said in a press release. “We have been investing in emerging markets for over a decade and currently have […]

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Emerging markets value investing not about catching falling knives: expert

mschmit — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:47:08 +0000

When it comes to emerging markets equities, it’s important to look for compounders that will create value over time, says Andrew Miller, chief investment officer for emerging markets equities at Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd. “Obviously, all of us that operate in the stock market and invest in the stock market, whether you’re a fund manager […]

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Shanghai Composite dives nearly 8% as China markets reopen

mschmit — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 04:13:40 +0000

The Shanghai Composite index tumbled nearly eight per cent on Monday as Chinese regulators moved to stabilize markets jolted by a virus that has spread to more than 20 countries, slamming regional tourism and threatening global growth. The outbreak of the virus in China has prompted governments around the world to step up surveillance and […]

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Will emerging Asia outperform against an improving global backdrop?

mschmit — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 05:15:24 +0000

With the global economy recently experiencing some significant tailwinds, will that backdrop be enough to push emerging markets, especially Asian economies, to outperform? Signs of stabilization are peeking through, with central banks acting as the key heroes by providing stimulus, said Eric Lascelles, chief economist at RBC Global Asset Management Inc., in a webinar on […]

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