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75% of global employers struggling to find skilled talent: survey

Sadie Janes — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:00:23 +0000

Three-quarters (75 per cent) of global employers say they’re struggling to find talent with the skills they need, according to a new survey by ManpowerGroup. The survey, which polled more than 40,000 employers, found the majority reported difficulty filling open roles, with employers in Japan (85 per cent) and Canada (80 per cent) among the […]

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Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 5%, keeps door open to more rate hikes

Jennifer Paterson — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 19:00:09 +0000

The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady at five per cent, but hasn’t ruled out future rate hikes as price pressures remain high. “With clearer signs that monetary policy is moderating spending and relieving price pressures, governing council decided to hold the policy rate at five per cent,” said the Bank of […]

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2023 GIC coverage: Saving the global economy from conventional thinking

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:59:39 +0000

If Irish economist David McWilliams is to be believed, overconfident fools are tampering with the global economy. “If I were an American, Canadian or — God forbid — a British economist, . . . I’d come here today armed with graphs and charts and all that malarkey,” he said during the keynote session at the […]

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2023 GIC coverage: A look at aviation leasing’s value proposition

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:58:13 +0000

“There are 30,000 jets out there flying around right now,” said James McManus, managing director of Alliance Bernstein CarVal, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Global Investment Conference. “That represents equipment value of about $700 billion . . . [and] around $100 billion in annual deal flows in the form of new aircraft deliveries, lease […]

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Expert panel: History’s lessons for DB pension plans during turbulent times

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 23 May 2023 16:30:22 +0000

At the best of times, selecting an optimal asset mix for a defined benefit pension plan is challenging. The times of today are downright turbulent. Last year, inflation reached 8.1 per cent in Canada as a result of a prolonged period of government stimulus spending to manage the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. In response […]

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Bâtirente’s diversified funds lost between 5.7% and 8.6% in 2022

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:00:16 +0000

Bâtirente’s diversified funds lost between 5.7 per cent and 8.6 per cent in 2022 as a result of tumultuous conditions in the global economy, according to its latest results. “Global inflation reached a 40-year high due to several factors, such as the war in Ukraine, the persisting [coronavirus] pandemic, the world’s supply chain failures and […]

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Institutional investors facing inflation risk, ESG opportunities in 2021

mschmit — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:00:53 +0000

While institutional investors are facing headwinds from unexpected inflation and geopolitical realignment in 2021, the coming year will also see rebounds for corporate earnings and equities, according to two new research papers from Mercer. “Non-stop social and technological change has increased at a rate as exciting as it’s bewildering and COVID-19 has resulted in an […]

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Vaccines providing an injection of hope for institutional investors

mschmit — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 04:45:51 +0000

While there’s still a period of uncertainty ahead, the deployment of coronavirus vaccines is already having a positive effect on markets, according to a webinar hosted by FTSE Russell on Wednesday. In November, the global and U.S. equities markets saw double-digit returns following vaccine announcements by pharmaceutical firms Pfizer Inc., Moderna Inc. and AstraZeneca, said […]

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Vaccine news a shot in the arm for value investing

mschmit — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 05:00:58 +0000

Now is the time for institutional investors to buy value, small cap and cyclical stocks and hold steady while the economy builds back, says Bill Callahan, an investment strategist at Schroders. Indeed, energy and financial sector stocks saw gains Monday as investors are rotating from growth and large cap stocks after Moderna Inc. released data […]

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What U.S. election uncertainty means for institutional investors

mschmit — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 05:45:41 +0000

Whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump ultimately wins the White House, the stock market is already a clear winner this week. While there were fears that a longer than usual wait to determine the winner of the U.S. presidential race would lead to wild market volatility, that didn’t come to pass. But signs were there over the […]

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