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2024 DC Investment Forum: The importance of ESG factors in bond investing

Jennifer Paterson — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:53:45 +0000

Rising food, energy and housing prices aren’t just pocketbook issues for consumers or election fodder for politicians, they’re also social risk factors, indicators of a country’s economic health and highly important to bond investors, said Reina Berlien, head of environmental, social and governance at Brandywine Global Investment Management. While ESG factors may not seem important […]

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Survey finds institutional investors are gaining confidence in cryptocurrency assets

bmcgovern — Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:02 +0000

Four in 10 (39 per cent) Canadian institutional investors say they have either direct or indirect exposure to cryptocurrency, according to a new survey by KPMG in Canada and the Canadian Association of Alternative Assets and Strategies. The survey, which 31 institutional investors and 34 financial services organizations, found three-quarters (75 per cent) of institutional […]

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High-cost drugs remain primary cost driver for Canadian public, private drug plans: PMPRB

lbailey — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:00:52 +0000

High-cost drugs remain the primary cost driver for Canadian public and private drug plans, said the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s newly released 2019 annual report. Patty Hajdu, the federal government’s minister of health, tabled the report, which found the sales of patented drugs grew 3.5 per cent to over $17 billion in 2019. Additionally, […]

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OSC sets out priorities for 2019-20 financial year

mschmit — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 06:39:35 +0000

The Ontario Securities Commission has laid out its priorities for 2019-20, which focus on promoting confidence in Ontario’s capital markets and reducing regulatory burden. In terms of confidence building, the commission said it intends to continue consulting on client-focused reforms and on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ policy consultations on mutual fund embedded commissions; improve the […]

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Is Smart Routing Really Smart?

mschmit — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:47:24 +0000

For marketable orders, we find that there is generally little difference across smart routers.

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Removal of Uptick Rule: Perfect Storm

mschmit — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:01:21 +0000

"It just may be that the suddenly electronic NYSE, stripped of its uptick rule, faced more efficiency than it could handle."

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