The challenging questions for institutional investors going into the last months of 2018 will be how much further global trade tensions will rise and the subsequent impact on economic growth, company profits and inflation, according to Russell Investments latest market outlook. As well, further action on the part of the U.S. Federal Reserve will be a […]
One of Canada’s largest pension fund managers says trillions of dollars should be shifted into investments that will counter global warming, in part because it’s crucial to long-term profits. Michael Sabia, president and chief executive officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, spoke Tuesday at a roundtable discussion on sustainable finance on the eve […]
Canada rose two spots to No. 9 among 43 countries in Natixis Investment Managers’ 2018 global retirement index. The modest rise in Canada’s ranking is attributed to improving economic conditions and environmental factors, according to the report, which also points to several factors — low interest rates, growing levels of public debt, aging populations and […]
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 […]
Despite the Trump administration’s ongoing trade antics, U.S. markets appear to have calmed their jitters compared to the first quarter of 2018, but there are still rumblings below the surface, according to one expert. David Jilek, vice-president and chief investment strategist at Gateway Investment Advisers, says institutional investors taking on a more active equity strategy will […]
The global economy is expected to grow around 3.2 per cent in 2018, in line with last year, but there will be many challenges throughout the remainder of the year, according to AllianceBernstein’s mid-year outlook. The firm noted that while signs point to increasing inflation over the long term, it doesn’t expect to see an exaggerated level […]
Don’t expect most assets to blow the doors off in the later half of the year, according to the latest investment outlook from GLC Asset Management Group Ltd. The report recommends an overall neutral stance on markets going forward in 2018, calling for one per cent total returns for fixed income and single digits for equity price […]
Extending people’s working lives could provide a windfall of more than $4.6 trillion across Organisation for Economic Co-operation member countries, according to new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The population of those over the age of 55 in the 35 OECD countries is on track to rise by almost 50 per cent to more than 500 million people by 2050, the report […]
Global institutional investors’ assets under management rose 7.3 per cent in 2017 to US$36.2 trillion, the largest increase in five years, according to the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. The London, England, and Singapore-based independent think-tank’s report tracks 750 global public pension, sovereign funds and central banks, holding assets equivalent to 45 per cent of the […]
Canadian defined benefit pension plans held steady in positive territory in the first quarter of 2018 with returns of 0.2 per cent, according to RBC Investor and Treasury Services. That’s down, however, from returns of 2.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2017 and 4.4 per cent in the final quarter of last year. Canadian equities took […]