Coverage of the 2024 Risk Management Conference
Across from Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, where the wheels behind the force of the nation’s power in governance and oversight turn, a group of pension and investment professionals gathered at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in August for the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Risk Management Conference.
During the three-day conference, delegates — including defined benefit plan sponsors, endowment fund managers, asset managers and academics — discussed the many risks they’re facing amid a rapidly changing geopolitical and economic landscape.
From optimizing environmental, social and governance integration, comparing generic versus proprietary risk models to leveraging advanced artificial intelligence techniques in stock picking, key thought leaders shared their insights on the real-world strategies helping global investors navigate market upheaval and generate positive returns.
Here’s what you missed!
The Atlantic
U.S. facing funding questions from retiring population
Anti-market sentiment in the U.S. is gaining momentum with both Democrats and Republicans.
Russell Investments Canada Ltd.
Managing unintended investment risks goes beyond simply reviewing allocation strategies
The risk associated with high-profile name concentration in technology equities is pushing institutional investors to consider risk-mitigating strategies.
Hazelview Investments
Supply, demand issues steering institutional investors toward multi-family rental market
The fundamentals of the Canadian housing market are incredibly strong because they’re underpinned by a significant imbalance of supply and demand that will be present for many years to come.
Aviva Investors
Long-term returns of sustainable private market assets outweighing short-term risks
Sustainable investing needs to take a much more nuanced approach today than it did in the past.
Investment Management Corp. of Ontario
Investment Management Corp. of Ontario
AI, energy transition shaping worldwide investment trends at the IMCO
The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is making its strategic allocation decisions based on a guideline of worldwide events that will shape investment themes for decades to come.
Acadian Asset Managemento
How institutional investors can find risk-adjusted returns with generic assets
Generic investment assets can help deliver risk-adjusted returns when engineered to have very low fees and exposure that manages liquidity.
McGill University
How can AI play a bigger role in investment decisions?
Institutional investors are missing opportunities to use artificial intelligence for effective decision-making.
TTC Pension Plan
TTC Pension Plan using due diligence, storytelling to communicate risk analyses to board
When communicating risk management posturing to executive boards, it’s important for pension plan sponsors to tell a cohesive and fulsome story.
WISE Trust
A look at the first days of the WISE Trust: it ‘felt like a startup’
Overseeing the transition of a single-employer pension plan to a jointly sponsored one felt at times like launching a startup firm.
Ontario Pension Board
CAAT Pension Plan
NAV CANADA
Panel: Expanding access to DB pension plans best way to maintain sustainability
Longevity risk is still among the top concerns keeping defined benefit pension plan sponsors up at night.
Sponsors
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