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Canadian sustainability investment standards to launch in December

bmcgovern — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:00:48 +0000

The Canadian edition of an international set of sustainability investment disclosure standards will be officially released in December, according to the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board. The organization was tasked with creating a set of sustainability investment standards in Canada based on those created by the International Sustainability Standards Board. The two new disclosure metrics — CSDS […]

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2024 Risk Management Conference: Long-term returns of sustainable private market assets outweighing short-term risks

lbailey — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:56:53 +0000

Sustainable investing needs to take a much more nuanced approach today than it did in the past, according to Edward Vaughan Dixon, head of sustainability and private markets at Aviva Investors, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Risk Management Conference. Environmental, social and governance strategies should result in a holistic view of the risks behind a […]

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Culture of compliance prevents mismanagement, conflict at Canadian pension funds: expert

bmcgovern — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:00:21 +0000

A culture of prudent investment standards and guideline compliance is keeping Canadian pension funds safe from some of the unique risk management cases seen abroad, says Scott McEvoy, a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. “Good governance starts at the top, it’s all about structure and process,” he says. Read: Canada’s retirement system ranks No. 12 […]

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Majority of institutional investors say alternative asset managers are meeting, exceeding expectations in 2022: survey

lbailey — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:00:05 +0000

Three-quarters (75 per cent) of institutional investors say their alternative asset managers are either meeting or exceeding performance expectations in 2022 despite operating in a challenging and volatile market period, according to a survey by EY. The survey, which polled 114 hedge fund managers, 112 private equity firms and 61 institutional investors, found 50 per […]

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U.K. government proposing rules requiring DB pensions to share investment strategies

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:00:02 +0000

The U.K. government is proposing new rules requiring defined benefit pension plan sponsors to provide regulators with a summary of their investment strategies. Under the proposed rules, which were announced by the Department of Pensions and Welfare, DB plans would have to submit long-term funding and investment strategies to the U.K.’s pension regulator. The rules would […]

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2022 GIC coverage: What regulatory hurdles are ahead for DeFi?

Gideon Scanlon — Mon, 30 May 2022 12:52:44 +0000

Regulations on emerging decentralized finance technology have proven difficult to enforce, in part because, in the world of self-fulfilling digital contracts, it isn’t always clear which individuals should be held to account. During a session at the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2022 Global Investment Conference in April, Ryan Clements, assistant professor and chair in business law […]

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Canadian pension funds calling for co-ordinated world response to climate crisis

lbailey — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:00:24 +0000

A number of Canadian institutional investors, including the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., the British Columbia Municipal Pension Plan, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario, are among 457 signatories of a statement calling on governments around the globe to take accelerated action to combat the climate […]

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Ontario Teachers’ Jennifer Newman elected to IIROC board

mschmit — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 06:54:16 +0000

Several members were either elected or re-elected to the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada’s board of directors last week. Among the newly elected members is Jennifer Newman, senior managing director for real estate operations and special projects at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, who is set to become an independent director on the board. […]

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