supply chains – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:00:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 UPP promoting responsible labour standards across portfolio: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/upp-promoting-responsible-labour-standards-across-portfolio-report/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:00:55 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=160018 The University Pension Plan is promoting responsible labour standards in the direct operations that it invests in, according to a new stewardship report from the investment organization. It said the investment organization wants to ensure key metrics from the International Labour Organization are being respected in direct operations its involved with. It’s also looking to […]

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]]> How active management strategies are helping institutional investors amid volatile global marketplace https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/how-active-management-strategies-are-helping-institutional-investors-amid-volatile-global-marketplace/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:57:55 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=151594 As global markets navigate turbulent economic waters, active management is proving once again to be a lifeline for institutional investors to ensure their portfolios ride out the storm. Pension funds are currently operating amid uncertainty and potential risk, says Ruslan Goyenko, an associate professor of finance at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. “There are […]

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]]> Which frontier markets are on institutional investors’ radars amid geopolitical churn? https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/which-frontier-markets-are-on-institutional-investors-radars-amid-geopolitical-churn/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:55:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143265 While the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corp. isn’t currently invested in frontier markets, the institutional investor is set to take its first steps towards investing in the sector. “Step one is getting [the board] more comfortable with frontier markets,” says Steve Mahoney, the organization’s chief investment officer, which includes the N.S. Teachers’ Pension Plan, the […]

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]]> Majority of institutional investors expecting recession, stagflation challenges in 2023: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/majority-of-institutional-investors-expecting-recession-stagflation-challenges-in-2023-survey/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:00:15 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131058 While the vast majority (85 per cent) of institutional investors believe the economy is in a recession or will enter a recession next year, two-thirds (65 per cent) think stagflation is the bigger risk ahead, according to a survey by Natixis Investment Managers. The survey, which polled 500 institutional investors across the globe, found more than half […]

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]]> 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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