An article on the future of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero and its impact on institutional investors was the most-read investment story on BenefitsCanada.com this year. Here are the top 10 investment stories of 2025: 1. Unraveling of Carney-led GFANZ doesn’t spell end of global climate action: expert 2. Financial markets resilient in […]
An article on the federal government’s notification to public employees on early retirement options was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Government sending early retirement info to nearly 70,000 public employees 2. CIBC appointing Yvonne Dimitroff […]
In a year marked by unpredictability and an unexpected rift between Canada and the U.S., Sophie Leblanc wants to look forward in McGill University’s investment strategy and avoid pitfalls from short-term volatility. “I’m less concerned with short-term volatility,” says the university’s chief investment officer and treasurer. “There has been a lot of short-term volatility and […]
A study by the University Pension Plan of Ontario of the voting decisions of investment managers revealed a “certain level of misalignment” with asset owners, says Delaney Greig, the UPP’s director of investor stewardship. The investment organization evaluated its proxy voting alignment with external investment managers to compare if they meet the UPP’s stewardship goals, […]
The impact of climate change risks is increasing as a significant concern for global asset owners, according to a new survey from FTSE Russell. The survey, which polled more than 400 asset owners across 24 countries, found 85 per cent said climate risk is a major concern for them, up from 76 per cent in […]
The University Pension Plan is managing material climate risks by considering prospective investments through a climate-related impact lens, according to a new report by the investment organization. In its latest climate action plan, the UPP reemphasized its commitment to net-zero portfolio emissions by 2040 and to allocate at least $1.2 billion to climate solution investments […]
The Canadian Securities Administrators admitted its decision to pause the development of a climate-related disclosure mandate for public issuers is intended to be temporary and wants to bring it back, said Grant Vingoe, chief executive officer at the Ontario Securities Commission. Last week, regulatory leaders across Canada met to find common ground against the current […]
Canadian institutional investors are standing by environmental, social and governance integration despite pushback from other countries, according to a new report by the Responsible Investment Association. Indeed, almost all (96 per cent) respondents said they use ESG integration in a way that covers 87 per cent of their entire assets under management. About seven in […]
Three-quarters (76 per cent) of institutional investors say they integrate environmental, social and governance across their investment platform, according to a new survey by Callan. The survey, which polled 1,500 institutional investors, found there has been a decline in the use of a firmwide ESG policy from 74 per cent in 2023 to 71 per […]
The world’s 500 largest asset managers’ assets under management reached US$139.9 trillion at the end of 2024, a 9.4 per cent increase from the previous year, according to a new report by WTW’s Thinking Ahead Institute. It found this increase was driven largely by North American asset managers, which reported an average increase of 13 […]