After starting to manage funds for its first two clients, the Ontario Pension Board and the province’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the Investment Management Corp.…
The large majority of global investors in alternative asset classes believe the United Nation’s sustainable development goals are tools that can help the investment industry address…
Satellite imagery from U.S. retailers’ parking lots can provide an edge to sophisticated investors, but this more expensive alternative data can leave individual investors outside…
Pooled pension fund managers bounced back in the first quarter of 2019, posting a median return before management fees of 8.3 per cent, up from…
Earlier this week, the Bank of Canada announced it’s maintaining the target for the overnight rate at 1.75 per cent. “As expected, the Bank of…
The Pension Investment Association of Canada has written the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, noting there shouldn’t be increased regulations on proxy advisory firms…
While some major investment firms have made notable positive contributions to stewardship, the industry needs to step up its game, according to a report from…
With Venezuela in the midst of a political and economic crisis, this is highlighting the need for investors to not only focus on default risk…
Since using a single benchmark portfolio to measure a pension plan’s funding status paints a narrow picture, a new report by PBI Actuaries and Consultants looked…
Seventy per cent of Canadians said they think it’s important to invest in companies with strong environmental, social and governance performance, according to a new…
At the start of April, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index started including Chinese bonds. “Adding China to a benchmark global bond index – with two more…
As Canadian pension plans look globally for fixed income, FTSE Russell has introduced a country classification framework to make the process of managing country inclusion…
As pension plans are engaging more often as active shareholders, some companies are beginning to chafe. One instance of pushback came after the the New…
Alternative risk premia strategies are generally assumed to diversify equity and bond market risk, but this isn’t always the case, according to a paper out…
Limiting global warming is essential to institutional investors, according to a new report by Mercer Canada. The report models three different scenarios, examining the impact…
Venture capitalists provide value for investors seeking to make allocations to early-stage or emerging firms, according to research from Rustam Abuzov, a PhD candidate at…
While shareholder activism is a hot topic among institutional investors, where hedge funds are concerned, it doesn’t seem to have much impact on investee company…
FTSE International Ltd. is appointing Paul Bowes in the newly created role of Canadian country head. In the position, Bowes will oversee the Toronto team and…
Emerging markets are facing a retirement crisis that arguably far outweighs that of the countries comprising the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, according to…
After exceeding its target for low-carbon assets in 2018, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is now aiming to boost its low-carbon holdings to…
Machine learning can be a useful tool when analysizing public equity options, but users need to understand and mitigate the limitations of the technology, according…
China’s debt situation appears dramatic, but worries about it shouldn’t necessarily deter institutions looking at investing in the country, says Andy Rothman, investment strategist at…
While the term artificial intelligence was first coined in 1956 and has come in and out of vogue, it’s likely here to stay this time,…
FTSE Russell, alongside DAR Data Services, will be launching an indicative digital assets index to test and evaluate a benchmark for the most actively traded…
Over the past years, the MSCI emerging markets equity index has formed weighting biases and shortcomings, says David Dali, portfolio strategist at Matthews Asia, who…