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How ESG considerations can lead to better investment decisions

Incorporating environmental, social and governance factors into investment decisions is more than a niche practice for specialized funds and, in fact, has become a competitive advantage for asset managers, says Dominique Barker of CIBC Asset Management Inc. “It’s not just for socially responsible investing funds that have negative screening. It’s for all investments and [helps to […]

  • March 15, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 09:27

Will years of market euphoria end in 2018?

An optimist and a pessimist meet for a coffee. “Things can’t possibly get any better,” the optimist says. The pessimist responds: “I think you’re right.” That’s how David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff and Associates Inc., described the psychology of this “classic late cycle.” He wasn’t the optimist in the scenario. Speaking at an […]

  • January 11, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:15