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2023 Investment Innovation Conference: How institutional investors can hedge risk, find positive alpha in volatile economy

lbailey — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:55:09 +0000

Despite pension funds navigating a “swim-at-your-own-risk” environment with a lower probability of positive returns, they can’t just stop and sink — they have to keep swimming, said Karin Sullivan, vice-president of fixed income at Trans-Canada Capital Inc., during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference in November. “[These financial challenges] have been going on now for two […]

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AIMCo-financed carbon emissions down 9% in 2021

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:00:55 +0000

The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s total financed carbon dioxide emissions fell nine per cent in 2021, according to its annual climate disclosure. According to figures released by the investment organization, its portfolio financed the release of about 424,300 tonnes of carbon dioxide, down from about 466,300 tonnes the previous year. For each million dollars invested […]

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Canadian DB pensions’ funding positions improve in June as bond returns level off: report

Gideon Scanlon — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 19:00:44 +0000

The funded position for an average Canadian defined benefit pension plan improved slightly on both a solvency and accounting basis in June, according to a new report by LifeWorks Inc. (formerly Morneau Shepell Ltd.) The average solvency ratio was 109.3 per cent in June, compared to 108.2 per cent in May. On an accounting basis, the average […]

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How do sovereign bonds differ when it comes to ESG?

mschmit — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 04:37:15 +0000

Environmental, social and governance factors are highly relevant to fixed income investment outcomes, but integration is complicated by the variety of issuers within the asset class. For corporate fixed income, integration is quite simple. Issuers could use the same frameworks as their equity counterparts, such as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board’s materiality map, said Joshua […]

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Recession may be inevitable, but for how long?

mschmit — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:00:03 +0000

Investors and economists around the world are drastically changing their forecasts as the world enters another week of disruption from the spread of the coronavirus. Indeed, Scotiabank’s updated economic forecast suggests recession is inevitable in many countries, with global growth expected to average 1.3 per cent in 2020, the lowest level since the decline of […]

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Why Bond Indices Need Rethinking

mschmit — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:00:16 +0000

Market cap isn't the right measure anymore.

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Survival of the Eurozone: Stiglitz, Wade and Werner

mschmit — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:39:55 +0000

Economists debate the future of Europe at Global ARC.

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