With no standardized system in place for measuring company activities, it has historically been a challenge for institutional investors to assess their climate-related impact. The task force on climate-related disclosures is aiming to change that by creating a knowledge hub that encourages companies to improve how they disclose activities that affect the climate. The hub includes […]
As inflation is back on institutional investors’ minds, some are eyeing an allocation to gold, both directly and through companies with exposure to the metal, according to one investment manager. “We’re actively having a lot of conversations right now with institutions,” says John Ciampaglia, chief executive officer of Sprott Inc. “What we’re finding is a lot more reception […]
Despite significant improvements recently to pension plan solvency levels, the start of 2018 has been a challenging one for institutional investors. Shifting monetary policies have put pressure on bond portfolios, while rising yields have started to affect the equity markets. On the equity side, the S&P/TSX composite index has gone from a high of almost […]
On a global scale, regulatory rumblings are growing louder on single-use plastics, highlighting potential risks and opportunities within the plastics supply chain for institutional investors to consider, according to a recent report by Schroder Investment Management Ltd. As plastics move from being an “ecological concern to economic driver,” the report seeks to identify some of the […]
Canadian pension plans eked out a small return of almost 0.4 per cent for the first quarter of 2018, according to CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Co. On Friday, CIBC Mellon released the latest report on the returns of 85 corporate, public and university pension plans. It showed 65 per cent of pension plans saw positive […]
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board has announced a deal in which Amazon.com Inc. will lease all of the office space in a new building in Boston’s seaport area. The deal involves PSP Investments’ partner, WS Asset Management Inc., a Massachusetts-based property developer. Amazon expects to move 2,000 employees into the 17-storey, mixed-use building in […]
The Public Policy Forum and TD Bank Group are partnering to take a closer look at the changing nature of work in Canada. Through the three-year initiative, called the Future of Work, the forum will conduct research and engage stakeholders to investigate the ways Canadians can succeed in a changing workplace, according to a press […]
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is entering into a financing agreement with Metro Supply Chain Group Inc., an Ontario-based third-party logistics services provider. While the pension fund didn’t disclose the terms of the financing, a press released noted Metro intends to use the capital to pursue further growth, particularly in business acquisitions. The […]
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is making a number of new investments, including acquiring a Quebec-based wind power facility and a portfolio of real estate in British Columbia and investing in a video telematics company from California. The pension fund, alongside Pattern Energy Group Inc., is acquiring Mont Sainte-Marguerite Wind, a 147.2 megawatt wind power facility outside […]
While North American investors have traditionally perceived environmental, social and governance factors as a way of injecting personal philosophy into business practices, Japan’s business community has recently — and suddenly — begun to implement the concept and its uses in a different way. “What’s really evolved is a different set of ESG criteria,” says Linda-Eling […]