Later this week, United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet at the G20 summit in Argentina. So, what should institutional investors be thinking about? Canadian Investment Review spoke with Andrew Mattock, lead portfolio manager of the Matthews Asia China Strategy. This is a good opportunity for Canadian plan […]
Though President Trump hasn’t been successful in following through his promise to construct a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico, he’s certainly stoked serious divisionism, with signals popping up the world over that nations are tugging on their drawbridges where trade, migration and other economic activities are concerned. Whether it’s the […]
The growing role of Asia in building new technology
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 trade deal? As the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaces the long negotiated North America Free Trade Agreement, political cohesion in North America has been restored, according to Dec Mullarkey, managing director in the investment strategy […]
eSports could be the next big growth sector, drawing the attention of institutional investors, according to a new report by Greystone Managed Investments Inc. The sector includes competitive video-gaming companies, as well as streaming services because they target both those who play the games and people who watch others play them as entertainment. The firm noted […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is making an additional investment in the Goodman China Logistics Partnership, bringing its total equity commitment to US$5 billion. The partnership, established in 2009 with multi-national property firm the Goodman Group, set out with the purpose of developing logistics properties in key gateway cities in mainland China. Since inception, the portfolio has grown […]
Seeing the reality beyond investor pessimism.
Nearly half (48 per cent) of investors disagree with the MSCI’s recent decision to add 230 Chinese A-share, large-cap equities to its broad emerging market index, according to new research by the Asian Corporate Governance Association. Overall, the report examined the state of corporate governance in China, a long-standing barrier for including the country’s companies as […]
With the Trump administration continuing to take aim at its major trading partners, institutional money managers are warning investors to anticipate more volatility in equity markets. “A full-blown trade war would be a major reversal of the trend toward globalization that has underpinned markets for decades and could have severe consequences for corporate profits, given the importance […]
Tensions between China and the United States are heating up as the Trump administration proposed a 10 per cent tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods last week. The U.S. is hitting China where it hurts, according to an economic insight report from Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist of CIBC World Markets Inc., and Katherine […]