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 Bolsonaro becoming the country’s president-elect. Canadian pensions have made some hefty allocations to the region of late. In the second half of 2018, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquired […]
Measuring happiness has a role to play in determining the success of retirement solutions and their outcomes, according to a new global survey by State Street Global Advisors. The survey focused on the individual qualitative characteristics of trust, preparedness and ownership associated with certain countries’ retirement systems, exploring how happiness can be pertinent to overall perceptions […]
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 Average’s 800-point drop on Oct. 10, 2018, some asset managers are wondering whether it’s already begun. Amid the uneasiness, Sun Life Global Investment Management is pointing to a number of clouds on […]
Download the PDF report Right now, currency management is more important than ever – but plan sponsors are still hesitating when it comes to making decisions about hedging. The 2018 Currency Management Roundtable looks at why currency should be top of mind for plan sponsors today and how it can be used to manage risk […]
Download the PDF Why plan sponsors can’t afford to ignore currency Right now, currency management is more important than ever – but plan sponsors are still hesitating when it comes to making decisions about hedging. The 2018 Currency Management Roundtable looks at why currency should be top of mind for plan sponsors today and how […]
Cambridge Associates is adding Jasmine Richards as senior investment director and manager of diversity. The role, based in Boston, will involve leading the firm’s search to identify institutional-quality investment managers, in all public and private asset classes, helmed by diverse leaders, in particular women and people of colour, according to a press release. “We believe that strong investment performance […]
Some of the world’s major indexes are bringing Saudi Arabia’s public equities into the mix, a move that could alter the landscape for emerging market investments. As of June 2019, MSCI Inc. will include its Saudi Arabia index in the MSCI emerging markets index. The 32 securities from the country will make up a weight of approximately 2.6 per […]
In the wake of the tragic shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., earlier this year that left 17 dead and sparked a renewed and vigorous debate about gun control, certain members of the investment world took swift action. BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest institutional investor with US$6.3 trillion under management as of the […]
A recent report from the C.D. Howe Institute suggests that in addition to levying a bevy of tariffs on some of America’s biggest trading partners, U.S. President Donald Trump is using the uncertainty he’s creating in order to gain further leverage at the global negotiating table. “Under the Trump administration, U.S. trade policy has been […]
The recent summit in Singapore between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has raised mixed reactions from the investment world. “No doubt, you’ve heard the criticisms of the outcome [of the summit], that the agreements signed by President Trump and Kim Jong Un are too vague, that no new commitments came […]