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Expert panel: Defining risk depends on investing horizon

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:15:37 +0000

What’s the right definition of risk in financial markets? Finding the answer to this question has become even more important because the number of retail traders is at a record high. Over the past 10 years, between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of all U.S. trades have come from retail accounts. So far […]

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OJTBF joins the the CAAT pension plan

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:30:29 +0000

The OPSEU Joint Trusteed Benefit Fund, a not-for-profit insurance advisor that offers benefits to non-profit organizations, is joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan. “OJTBF chose the CAAT pension plan to ensure that our valued employees can build a solid and sustainable retirement foundation while never losing sight of why we exist, […]

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CPPIB backing of grain exporter provides Russia propaganda victory: expert

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:30:21 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s investment in a grain exporter may be used as a propaganda tool by the Russian government, according to J. Paul Goode, McMillan chair in Russian studies at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. “If a company as important as Viterra is to the Canada […]

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Caisse posts 7.7% return in 2020 as real estate underperforms

alessandrob — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:00:52 +0000

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec posted a return of 7.7 per cent in 2020, below its benchmark index of 9.2 per cent as the investment fund plans changes to its portfolio in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The investment fund’s performance was dragged down by real estate investments, which suffered during the pandemic. […]

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Bridging the knowledge gap on listed infrastructure

mschmit — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 04:38:18 +0000

The rush to alternative assets among institutional investors is well-documented. Within this movement, allocations to infrastructure are becoming common. The promise is attractive: returns in excess of fixed income with lower volatility than equities and a natural inflation hedge due to the characteristics of the underlying assets. Intuitively this makes sense. Infrastructure assets are generally […]

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