Some 28 independent institutional investment firms have exited the industry through amalgamation or shuttered operations since 2012 due to deteriorating earnings performance, poor investment banking…
Fiera Capital Corp. has appointed Julie Lalonde as executive vice-president, retail markets and strategic investment partnerships in its Canadian division. In the new role, which is…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec generated a two per cent return in the first half of the year ended June 30, 2016, its…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw a net investment return of 1.45 per cent at the end of the first quarter of its 2017 fiscal…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Plenary Group Holdings, an investor, developer and public infrastructure manager…
With the third phase of the Client Relationship Model, Phase 2 (CRM2) rules around fee disclosure in Canada now in effect and new regulatory actions…
The Client Relationship Model is a regulatory effort designed to help clarify investment performance and costs for investors. Phase 1 What it involves: New disclosure…
The investment industry likes to coin a new term, an heuristic, for each economic and market event. It referred to the BRIC countries to describe…
Canadian pension funds seem to have fared well despite the short-term market volatility that ensued following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, but a…
Sun Life Financial is tapping into the expertise of Silicon Valley through a partnership with a startup platform that incubated PayPal. The Plug and Play Tech Centre…
LaSalle Investment Management has appointed John McKinlay as chief executive officer of LaSalle Canada, effective Aug. 9, 2016. In his new role, McKinlay will manage…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s net assets under management reached $116.8 billion at the of the 2016 fiscal year. Its investments generated a return…
The Canada Pension Investment Board and Wolf Midstream Inc. have signed an agreement to acquire a 50 per cent ownership of a pipeline in northeastern…
Canadian defined benefit pension solvency improved quarter-over-quarter, rising by 2.3 percentage points in the quarter to June 30 as the immediate selloff in equities following…
The solvency ratio of a typical Canadian pension plan has fallen by almost three per cent since the majority of Britain voted to leave the…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and AEA Investors have sold U.S. automation provider Dematic to KION Group in a purchase price expected to amount to…
The pension industry has seen a number of issues disrupt the group retirement market recently. They include low interest rates, financial crashes, the switch to…
Despite a common perception of millennials as entitled and vocal, many women from that generation who work in finance don’t seem to fit the stereotype.…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has launched espace cdpq, its new investment and development hub for entrepreneurs. The hub is aimed at…
Climate change and extreme weather events threaten business continuity and, by extension, cash flow across all business sectors. However, as damaging as floods, droughts, wildfires,…
As previously announced in March’s federal budget, the Liberal government has launched a consultation on whether it should keep, relax or scrap the “30-per-cent rule,” which currently…
The venture capital investment arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Plan is partnering with the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab for a study on virtual…
Recently, 22 institutional investors told U.S. Congress they want all American companies to disclose who owns and controls them. The investors support a bipartisan act…
The Financial Stability Board has named an additional nine members, including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s head of sustainable investing Stephanie Leaist, to its task force…
When it comes to embracing risk, Canada’s defined benefit pension plans aren’t just looking at infrastructure. Chronically low interest rates — and the resulting low…