investor engagement – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Six pension plan members share their perspectives on ESG investing https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/six-pension-plan-members-share-their-perspectives-on-esg-investing/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:55:43 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=136285 As world markets contend with supply chain issues stemming from climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, environmental, social and governance considerations are slowly taking a more prominent role in pension funds’ risk assessments. In particular, Canadian pension funds are taking a progressive approach to ESG investing. Many have become signatories of […]

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]]> 2022 IIC coverage: Using AI to eliminate greenwashing and generate sustainable alpha https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2022-iic-coverage-using-ai-to-eliminate-greenwashing-and-generate-sustainable-alpha/ Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:49:09 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=130685 Since interpretations of environmental, social and governance investing can vary, institutional investors can leverage artificial intelligence tools to strip away the noise and reveal data sets required to eliminate greenwashing and generate sustainable alpha, said Andy Moniz, senior vice-president and director of responsible investing at Acadian Asset Management, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2022 Investment […]

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]]> What do quantitative investors mean for firm efficiency? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-do-quantitative-investors-mean-for-market-efficiency/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-do-quantitative-investors-mean-for-market-efficiency/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:17:24 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-do-quantitative-investors-mean-for-market-efficiency/ The traditional worry about the rise of passive investment is that it will result in less informed asset pricing in the market overall. A new paper digs into how this rise of passive or quantitative investing impacts the efficiency with which firms are run. Less active management means fewer investors are seeking out mispriced securities […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-do-quantitative-investors-mean-for-market-efficiency/feed/ 0 How active investors that don’t engage can hurt the market https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/how-active-investors-that-dont-engage-can-hurt-the-market/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/how-active-investors-that-dont-engage-can-hurt-the-market/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 07:48:28 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/?p=62917 The traditional worry about the rise of passive investments is that the trend makes for less informed pricing of assets in the market overall. Less active management means fewer investors are seeking out mispriced securities and bringing them better in line with reality. This can cause negative real-world effects, the most simplistic of which is […]

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