responsible investment – 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 Pulling Simon Fraser University’s endowment funds back from the brink https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/pulling-simon-fraser-universitys-pension-endowment-funds-back-from-the-brink/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:51:33 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=141883 Jacky Shen suspects he was the oldest intern Simon Fraser University’s treasury department ever had. It was 2007, he was in his early 40s, had just arrived in Canada with his family and was studying for a master’s degree in the university’s wealth management program. As an intern, Shen — now the university’s treasurer and […]

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]]> Assessing investment managers’ progress in sustainable investing https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/assessing-investment-managers-progress-in-sustainable-investing/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:57:09 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=115657 Asset managers have responded to a growing demand from investors for socially responsible investing, with pledges to integrate environmental, social and governance factors into the way they invest. But investors are skeptical that companies are making as much progress as they say. More than three-quarters (77 per cent) of Canadian institutional investors believe companies are overstating […]

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]]> AIMCo beats fixed income benchmarks with innovation, flexibility https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/aimco-beats-fixed-income-benchmarks-with-innovation-flexibility/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:53:28 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=102625 It isn’t an easy time to be a fixed income investor. After a volatile year that included a severe liquidity squeeze in the spring of 2020, Sandra Lau, executive vice-president of fixed income at the Alberta Investment Management Corp., says many different measures now suggest the bull market for fixed income is officially over and […]

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]]> Why Your Fund Should Be Tobacco-Free https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/why-your-fund-should-be-tobacco-free/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/why-your-fund-should-be-tobacco-free/#respond Tue, 10 Oct 2017 05:52:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/why-your-fund-should-be-tobacco-free/ What's your exposure to tobacco stocks?

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