The three Rs of risk management
The financial turbulence of the last decade didn’t just damage portfolio performance; it dealt a blow to longstanding approaches about how to manage it, forcing…
- By: Eric Léveillé
- July 3, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
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Public pensions could save by indexing: study
State pension systems that pay the most for money management get some of the worst investment returns and could reduce costs by indexing, according to…
- By: Staff
- July 2, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 16:40
There’s a finance app for that
Numerous finance-related mobile apps exist, but we found a few that could be useful for both yourself and your plan members.
- By: Craig Sebastiano
- June 12, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 16:57
CC&L extends quantitative platform
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (CC&L) is expanding its quantitative equity investment framework to include all developed and emerging equity markets.
- By: Staff
- May 16, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:37
Top 40 Money Managers: Adapting products to shifting markets
It’s a promise that’s getting harder to keep. Sponsors of Canada’s DB pension plans are struggling against formidable odds to keep the pension promise alive…
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- May 14, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:13
Top 40 Money Managers: A look back
Canadian money managers have had a lot to deal with over the past five years, such as the global financial crisis and recessions in most…
- By: Craig Sebastiano
- May 13, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Active managers top benchmark in Q1
The favourable active management environment of 2012 has extended into 2013 with 79% of large cap Canadian equity investment managers beating the S&P/TSX Composite Index…
- By: Staff
- May 2, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:36
Think resource optimization for your next investment
Global demand for resources is increasing. And partly responsible for this demand is the rising population in less developed countries (read China and India), which…
- By: Brooke Smith
- April 29, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:13
North Americans optimistic about markets
Canadian investors are optimistic about the market and their ability to meet their financial goals, but a majority of investors believe they can achieve their…
- By: Staff
- April 24, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 16:15
CWB acquires interest in McLean & Partners
Canadian Western Bank has signed an agreement to buy a 55% stake in McLean & Partners Wealth Management, a Calgary-based firm focusing on wealth management…
- By: Staff
- April 24, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:15
Financial executives say FX risk management is important
The vast majority (90%) of financial executives surveyed rated foreign exchange management as an important consideration in their business, according to a new survey by…
- By: Staff
- April 18, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 12:12
New Canadian investment management firm created
Toron Investment Management and AMI Partners are combining to create a privately owned Canadian investment management firm.
- By: Staff
- April 12, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:29
Manulife halts investments to 11 corporate class funds
Manulife Mutual Funds will no longer accept new or additional investments into 11 of its corporate class funds and pools.
- By: Staff
- April 10, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 11:51
C.F.G. Heward Investment Management rebrands
C.F.G. Heward Investment Management Ltd., a discretionary portfolio management firm focused on global securities, has changed its name to Heward Investment Management Inc.
- By: Staff
- April 2, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:33
Teachers’ snags stake in Australian telecoms companies
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has struck a deal to acquire 70% of three Australian telecommunications companies from Leighton Holdings Ltd. (Leighton).
- By: Staff
- March 28, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:06
TD acquires Epoch Investment Partners
The Toronto-Dominion Bank has completed the acquisition of Epoch Investment Partners, Inc., which was first announced in December last year.
- By: Staff
- March 28, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:37
AIFMD low priority for fund managers
Although far from scientific, a new survey from Northern Trust shows that fund managers regard the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) as a low…
- By: Staff
- March 27, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:06
Cyprus pensions threatened by deposit tax
Bailouts are complicated things when it comes to sovereign nations, as the continuing woes of Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal illustrate. For all the infusion…
- By: Scot Blythe
- March 21, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:39
Getting past emotional investing
Conventional finance theory says that humans are inherently rational beings who look to investing as a way to maximize their wealth and to ensure they…
- By: Neil Faba
- March 15, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:33
The Caisse invests in agri-science
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is adding to its science-research portfolio. The pension fund made an AU$32-million investment in Melbourne’s Centre for…
- By: Staff
- March 14, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:01
Editorial: Conflict of interest
Charles Ferguson’s 2011 Oscar-winning documentary, Inside Job, analyzes how experts routinely fail to disclose conflicts of interest in the financial sector. One conflict in the…
- By: Rehana Begg
- March 8, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 14:56
CPPIB bites into food sector
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has announced the completion of a secondary transaction to acquire a portfolio of primarily food assets from the HM…
- By: Staff
- March 5, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:54
Canada poised for slow growth in 2013
After a weak close to 2012, many worried that the Canadian economy might falter in 2013. But a new report from CIBC World Markets says…
- By: Staff
- March 4, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:55
The Caisse returns 9.6%
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec announced yesterday that it earned a 9.6% return on assets in 2012. The return beat the plan’s…
- By: Staff
- February 28, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:07
Consider concentrated equity products
Investors who choose to invest actively do so to harness the potential for alpha or outperformance. In order to mitigate the risk of underperformance, investors…
- February 28, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:33