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19% of U.S. employees taking conservative approach to retirement savings: report

Sadie Janes — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:00:49 +0000

A fifth (19 per cent) of U.S. employees say they’ve adjusted their retirement strategy and are taking a more conservative savings approach amid economic uncertainty, according to a new report by Fidelity Investments Inc. It found the total savings rate for the second quarter of 2022 continued the positive momentum achieved in the first quarter, […]

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Survey finds 40% of Canadians maintaining retirement savings despite pandemic’s financial challenges

bwolfe — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:00:03 +0000

Despite the financial challenges experienced by Canadians over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, 40 per cent said they’ve continued to save for retirement, according to a new survey by life insurance provider PolicyMe Corp. More than half (54 per cent) of survey respondents said they’re adding to their emergency funds, while 48 per cent […]

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51% of workers believe employers should support financial wellness: survey

bwolfe — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:00:31 +0000

Just over half (51 per cent) of U.S. employees — including 65 per cent of generation Z respondents — agreed employers have a responsibility to help workers improve and maintain financial wellness, according to a new survey by the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund. The survey, which polled more than […]

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Half of Canadians equate financial wellness with lack of financial stress: survey

bwolfe — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:00:45 +0000

Nearly half (47 per cent) of Canadians said that financial wellness means living without financial stress, according to a new survey by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. It found 28 per cent of respondents also used financial wellness as a top descriptor for overall wellness and 41 per cent said financial wellness comes from being […]

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Millennials, gen-Xers hit hardest financially during pandemic: survey

mdunne — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:00:11 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic is financially impacting generation Z, millennials, generation X and baby boomers differently. Canadians from the millennial (22 per cent) and gen-X (25 per cent) cohorts were slightly more than two-times more likely than baby boomers (10 per cent) to have said the pandemic significantly set them back financially, according to a new […]

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CPPIB investing in Brazil real estate, Intact acquisition approved

mschmit — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 06:35:29 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of three investors entering a partnership with real estate developer SKR to develop, own and operate a purpose-built rental multi-family project in São Paulo, Brazil. The 220-unit mixed-use project is expected to be completed in 2023, according to a press release. Other investors include Cyrela Brazil Realty […]

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Will the environment be back on institutional investor agendas in 2021?

mschmit — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 06:03:07 +0000

For institutional investors keen to maintain environmental, social and governance commitments made in recent years, there’s a steep climb ahead. The Paris Agreement — and its call to keep climate change to a 2°C warming scenario — is shrinking the investable universe for those still seeking to align with its confines, according to a report […]

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A private markets perspective on the pandemic in 2020 and beyond

mschmit — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:29:59 +0000

What a difference a year makes. At this time in 2019, initial reports of a novel virus to be called COVID-19 were just beginning to come out of China, and the pandemic was still months from becoming front-page news around the world. Investors were busy instead planning for another regular year in 2020, setting return […]

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Investing’s Brave New World

mschmit — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:57:05 +0000

Investors should recognize that risk defined as historical volatility is not the whole story.

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Investing in Africa: What is the Right Approach?

mschmit — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:32:35 +0000

Our newest bloggers take us beyond the frontier market label.

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