Ontario plans tout ESG progress at responsible investment conference
It’s not in existence yet, but the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan is already coming under scrutiny from the auditor general. In this case, Bonnie Lysyk is taking the Ontario government to task over its recent ads for the new pension scheme. In her annual report in December, she noted concern about potential partisanship in the […]
92% seeking to upgrade governance model within 12 months: State Street.
When this magazine was founded in 1977, the prime minister was named Trudeau. We’ve come full circle. Like his father, Justin Trudeau appears poised to chart a values-based course for Canada. And his party’s strong performance in Quebec ridings gives him leverage to promote federalism and progress toward a Canada that embraces inclusion. Economically, though, […]
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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors were always around, but now they’re here to stay. Under the new Ontario Pension Benefits Act (PBA), effective Jan. 1, 2016, a plan sponsor’s statement of investment policies and procedures (SIPP) must include information about whether ESG factors are incorporated and, if so, how. And, by the beginning of […]
Can shareholder activists be long-term thinkers?
Pension funds are restructuring for a new investment climate.
Pension investing is becoming more sophisticated. Is your plan’s governance keeping up?