The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is expanding its presence in the cryptocurrency sector with the creation of a new company called Ethereum Capital Inc. The…
A record-setting bull run in equities can have investors feeling like the markets are almost too good to be true. So what unexpected events are…
An optimist and a pessimist meet for a coffee. “Things can’t possibly get any better,” the optimist says. The pessimist responds: “I think you’re right.”…
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System and U.S. investment manager Jana Partners have sent an open letter to Apple Inc. encouraging the company to address…
Sun Life Global Investments Inc. has completed its purchase of Excel Funds Management Inc. and Excel Investment Counsel Inc. The company originally announced the acquisition…
Global institutional investors expect higher interest rates and the tapering of monetary policy to be the biggest issues affecting their portfolio performance in 2018, according to a…
Aon has completed its acquisition of the Townsend Group, a U.S.-based investment management and advisory service provider with a focus on real estate and real assets. “We are…
With 2017 coming to a close and 2018 on the horizon, professionals in the pension, investment, benefits and human resources industries have a number of dates to…
When it comes to the most popular investment stories of the year, Benefits Canada‘s biannual top money managers’ rankings were at the top of the list…
As 2017 draws to a close, we turn our attention to the new year. As usual, there’s a lot happening in the Canadian pension environment. Below are…
As Spain braces for the Catalan parliamentary election on Thursday, 98 per cent of company directors in the region believe the current situation has affected…
The Canada Infrastructure Bank has appointed Bruno Guilmette as interim chief investment officer. “The board recognized the need to move quickly and Bruno Guilmette agreed to…
Politically motivated investments in environmental, social and governance ventures are a key factor in the underperformance of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, according to…
Some of the world’s largest institutional investors are throwing their weight around on behalf of mother earth. A group called Climate Action 100+, which is comprised…
The Desjardins Group and a partnership of Canada’s five provincial credit unions and the Cumis Group Ltd. are set to merge their subsidiaries to create a new…
Canada is the eighth-largest investor in new coal projects around the world, according to a new report by German non-profit organization Urgewald. Of the top 100…
As 2018 approaches, investors are seeing the familiar rush of reports and predictions about the economic outlook for next year. One of the latest reports comes…
While the North American Free Trade Agreement is unlikely to meet its demise any time soon, the ongoing uncertainty about the talks is creating uncertainty…
Quebec-based pension fund Bâtirente is investing $15 million towards the creation of a green bond fund to be set up and managed by its partner AlphaFixe Capital Inc.…
The Desjardins Group is going carbon neutral as part of several actions the company plans to address climate change. In a release, the company pointed to…
Investors who are watching the Canadian equity market should prepare for a few more bumpy moments in 2018, according to Russell Investments Canada Ltd.’s 2018 global market outlook.…
The majority of global institutional investors anticipate 2018 will be a year of increasing volatility in both the bond (70 per cent) and stock (78 per…
Investors make decisions every day about how to allocate the monies entrusted to them, including choices which asset classes, which markets and which managers to…
The new Canada Infrastructure Bank appointed its inaugural board of directors Thursday, as the Toronto-based Crown corporation takes shape. The bank aims to draw interest from…
Assets managed by U.S. outsourced chief investment officers are projected to exceed US$2.7 trillion by 2022, according to new research by Cerulli Associates. “Institutions face many investment-related,…