Using a Canada-model pension plan, employees would see $5.32 in retirement income for every dollar they contribute compared to the typical $1.70 resulting from an individual approach,…
While equity markets in North America experienced a difficult October, Japan’s equity markets may prove an attractive alternative given their relatively dampened valuations and companies’ historically…
With the Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, Angus Sippe, portfolio manager at Schroders shares his views on what the…
In 2018, there have been over 250,000 unique English articles focused on ESG issues across 8,000 companies according to data from TruValue Labs. But how…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board, alongside global real estate developer Tishman Speyer Properties, is selling Parisian office building Tour Pacific to Société Générale Insurance Group.…
The political congestion likely to stem from the United States’ midterm election results has equally mixed implications for equity markets, with Democrats taking a majority in the…
As market conditions and investment preferences shift, investors are looking to private equity and other asset classes, while hedge funds face headwinds raising capital, according to…
For the first time since the Financial Services Commission of Ontario began monitoring defined benefit pension solvency in 2009, the province’s DB plans posted a…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec’s real estate investment arm, together with Prologis Inc., is launching a joint real estate venture in Brazil. The Prologis Brazil…
Major extremes of wealth and poverty have the potential to destabilize the financial and social systems in which institutional investors operate, and should be treated as…
A contentious election in Brazil that’s held the attention of the global investing community came to a conclusion on Oct. 28, 2018, with far-right congressman…
A contentious election in Brazil that’s held the attention of the global investing community came to a conclusion on Oct. 28, 2018, with far-right congressman Jair…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans saw a median return of 0.42 per cent in the third quarter of 2018, according to BNY Mellon Asset Servicing’s universe…
For nearly a decade, analysts have been considering where the next market downturn will come from and when it will strike. But with the Dow Jones Industrial…
Ryan Labs Asset Management Inc., a Sun Life Investment Management company, has signed on to the United Nations-supported principles for responsible investment. As a network…
The International Centre for Pension Management has released a guide for integrating climate change considerations into investment processes. “The ICPM climate change guide is unique…
Canadian investment managers had $2.1 trillion in assets using responsible investment strategies as of Dec. 31, 2017, a major jump from $1.5 trillion at the end…
Factoring environmental, social and governance considerations into investment decisions is good risk management, according to one pension plan sponsor. “Definitely for real assets, we see it…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it isn’t yet interested in making direct investments in Canada’s newly legalized recreational marijuana industry. Michel Leduc, global head of…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is increasing its investment in an Indian solar power company to 40 per cent. The Caisse is contributing US$100…
Following a recapitalization led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and BC Partners, GFL Environmental Inc. is merging with Waste Industries. The two companies will…
The growing role of Asia in building new technology
At 89 per cent, continental Europe has the most asset managers that are signatories of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, according to a new survey by…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is teaming up with Generation Investment Management to acquire General Atlantic’s and H.I.G. Capital’s investment in FNZ, a…
Will institutional investors be able to breathe a sigh of relief now that North America has come away from the negotiating table with a new…