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As global markets navigate turbulent economic waters, active management is proving once again to be a lifeline for institutional investors to ensure their portfolios ride out the storm. Pension funds are currently operating amid uncertainty and potential risk, says Ruslan Goyenko, an associate professor of finance at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. “There are […]

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More than two-thirds of global employers view the lack of key talent and uncertain economic growth (68 per cent for both) as the top threats to their businesses, according to a survey by Russell Reynolds Associates. The survey, which polled more than 2,500 global board directors, C-suite leaders and next-generation leaders, found 62 per cent of […]

  • By: Staff
  • January 19, 2024 January 18, 2024
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Roughly 40 per cent of generation Z employees say they’re at a mental-health “breaking point,” according to a new survey by Boston Consulting Group. The survey, which polled more than 1,300 young Canadian employees, found twice as many millennials and gen Z workers said they want a workplace culture that prioritizes mental health and well-being, […]

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  • May 8, 2023 May 8, 2023
  • 15:00
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Central bankers in developed economies are downplaying the risk of long-term inflation rises, according to a new paper by the Fraser Institute. “Absent a sharp reversal of central bank programs of quantitative easing, forecasts that inflation will return to the two per cent target rate of central banks by mid-2022 at the latest are likely […]

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  • December 9, 2021 December 9, 2021
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Canadian investors and advisors were skeptical about cryptocurrency in the second quarter of 2021, according to a new quarterly survey by Horizons ETF Management Inc. Canadian investors and investment advisors are more bearish about cryptocurrency than any other measured asset class. As part of the survey, Canadian investors and investment advisors were asked to rate […]

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  • July 22, 2021 July 23, 2021
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Panel of economists discuss uncertainty and Canada's prospects for 2018 at Defined Benefit Investment Forum.

The Price of Political Uncertainty

A few helpful lessons in an uncertain age.

  • February 6, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 13:34
Political Risk Keeping Investors Up At Night

Nationalism, low growth worry investment professionals: survey

  • By: Staff
  • December 17, 2014 September 13, 2019
  • 14:57