climate – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:02:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 DC pension members prioritizing remuneration, ESG resolutions: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/dc-pension-members-prioritizing-remuneration-esg-resolutions-survey/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:00:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=107537 Governance-related resolutions are receiving more overall votes from defined contribution pension plan members, but environmental issues are more engaging on a vote-per-measure basis, according to a new survey by two U.K.-based organizations. The study, by asset management firm Legal and General Investment Management Ltd. and fintech company Tumelo, found measures related to all levels of […]

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]]> AIMCo amps up proxy voting engagement in public equities portfolio https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/aimco-amps-up-proxy-voting-engagement-on-public-equities-portfolio/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/aimco-amps-up-proxy-voting-engagement-on-public-equities-portfolio/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:30:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/aimco-amps-up-proxy-voting-engagement-on-public-equities-portfolio/ Proxy voting played a major role in the Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s responsible investment strategy during the past year, according to its newly released annual responsible investment report for 2018-19. During the 2018/19 proxy voting season the AIMCo reviewed and approved more than 30,000 ballot items and voted on 99 per cent of 3,324 meetings […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/aimco-amps-up-proxy-voting-engagement-on-public-equities-portfolio/feed/ 0 Incorporating climate scenarios into financial modelling https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/incorporating-climate-scenarios-into-financial-modelling/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/incorporating-climate-scenarios-into-financial-modelling/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:16:12 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/incorporating-climate-scenarios-into-financial-modelling/ While investors are familiar with stress-testing their portfolios for various economic scenarios from a bottom-up perspective, a new tool is now available to incorporate climate change into stress-testing scenarios from the top down. Ortec Finance, in partnership with Cambridge Econometrics, is launching a systemic climate risk scenario tool for institutional investors. It incorporates climate risks […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/incorporating-climate-scenarios-into-financial-modelling/feed/ 0 A “Climate Aware” Default Fund for UK’s NEST https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/a-climate-aware-default-fund-for-uks-nest/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/a-climate-aware-default-fund-for-uks-nest/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2017 07:00:25 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/a-climate-aware-default-fund-for-uks-nest/ Will we see more products like this in the Canadian pension space?

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