Jacky Shen suspects he was the oldest intern Simon Fraser University’s treasury department ever had. It was 2007, he was in his early 40s, had just arrived in Canada with his family and was studying for a master’s degree in the university’s wealth management program. As an intern, Shen — now the university’s treasurer and […]
While 72 per cent of institutional investors are currently integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment strategies, 29 per cent are placing greater emphasis on ESG considerations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey by RBC Global Asset Management. The survey, which polled 800 global institutional investors, found […]
The University Pension Plan is naming Christophe L’Ahelec the director of its external manager program. L’Ahelec, who advised the UPP on the implementation of its investment activities in the months leading up to the plan’s launch in July, previously served as a senior principal at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. In that role, he was […]
Big institutions on the lookout for rising stars.
How do pension funds and SWFs decide?
What would CIC look like without external managers?