populism – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:12:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 How financial institutions can navigate a shifting geopolitical order https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/how-financial-institutions-can-navigate-a-shifting-geopolitical-order/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/how-financial-institutions-can-navigate-a-shifting-geopolitical-order/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2020 04:46:36 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-financial-institutions-can-navigate-a-shifting-geopolitical-order/ The geopolitical systems and institutions that formed after the Second World War are coming under fire and a shift in global order is underway, said Erik Brown, a research analyst at the Global Risk Institute, when speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s Global Investment Conference in September. In particular, China and other emerging markets have […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/how-financial-institutions-can-navigate-a-shifting-geopolitical-order/feed/ 0 How do institutional investors handle risk in a shifting global paradigm? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/how-do-institutional-investors-handle-risk-in-a-shifting-global-paradigm/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/how-do-institutional-investors-handle-risk-in-a-shifting-global-paradigm/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2019 04:14:13 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-do-institutional-investors-handle-risk-in-a-shifting-global-paradigm/ While institutional investors generally take for granted the overall global system in which they operate, these days they simply don’t have that luxury, said Jonathan Hausman, managing director and head of global strategic relationships at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, at an event hosted in Toronto on Wednesday by the Global Risk Institute. “I’d like […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/how-do-institutional-investors-handle-risk-in-a-shifting-global-paradigm/feed/ 0 A look at macro trends driving DB pension investment strategies https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/a-look-at-macro-trends-driving-db-pension-investment-strategies-2/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/a-look-at-macro-trends-driving-db-pension-investment-strategies-2/#respond Fri, 01 Feb 2019 04:37:13 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-macro-trends-driving-db-pension-investment-strategies-2/ It’s too early in the rise of populism to determine whether it will turn out to be a secular or a cyclical trend, according to John Denham, chief investment officer at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. As a result, populism has yet to have a firm affect on overall investment strategies, he noted during a panel at Benefits Canada‘s and […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/a-look-at-macro-trends-driving-db-pension-investment-strategies-2/feed/ 0 Populism here to stay, economy already feeling the consequences https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/populism-here-to-stay-economy-already-feeling-the-consequences/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/populism-here-to-stay-economy-already-feeling-the-consequences/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:47:57 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/populism-here-to-stay-economy-already-feeling-the-consequences/ Rewind to 2017. It was a very unusual year, with global growth receiving a boost from a combination of ultra-supportive financial conditions, a temporary boom in the global trade cycle and the absence of any adverse political or financial shocks, said Darren Williams, senior vice-president and director of global economic research at AllianceBernstein, speaking at […]

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