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How lessons from one crisis helped HOOPP tackle another
BY Kelsey Rolfe | December 16, 2020
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan’s struggles when the dot-com bubble burst planted the seeds for the liability-driven investing strategy it’s so well known for ...
‘The rules of the game are changing’: DB pension plans and climate scenario risk analysis
BY Kelsey Rolfe | December 16, 2020
Defined benefit plan sponsors are undoubtedly familiar with scenario risk analysis, but applying that concept to their portfolio’s climate risk is a whole new ballgame. But ...
DB pensions staring down paltry bond returns heading into 2021
BY Kelsey Rolfe | December 16, 2020
Central banks slowing their quantitative easing policies and economic improvements off the back of wide-scale vaccination efforts should both provide bond yields with a modest ...
Announcing the winners of the Pension Leadership Awards
BY Staff | December 3, 2020
Pension investments are a key component of ensuring secure benefits for plan members upon their retirement. To celebrate the plan sponsors and pension investors who ...
How can past innovators inform portfolio construction today?
BY Kelsey Rolfe | November 30, 2020
Trying to define the perfect portfolio is as complicated as asking what it takes to be healthy — with a number of factors at play ...
CAAT looks to AI, machine learning
BY Kelsey Rolfe | November 30, 2020
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan is betting that artificial intelligence and machine learning will play a role in pension administration going ...
Opportunities for institutional investors from the energy transition
BY Yaelle Gang | November 30, 2020
Along with big risks comes the need for solutions and companies that provide those solutions, said Edward Lees, co-lead and portfolio manager at BNP Paribas ...
How institutional investors can determine material ESG factors
BY Yaelle Gang | November 30, 2020
Environmental, social and governance factors are an important dimension of fundamental analysis, said Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing at Fidelity ...
Sustainability in a post-coronavirus world
BY Yaelle Gang | November 30, 2020
People are increasingly viewing the world with a lens that incorporates environmental, social and governance factors, said Andrew Parry, head of sustainable investment at Newton ...
What opportunities exist for plan sponsors in thematic investing?
BY Yaelle Gang | November 30, 2020
The most powerful and durable investment themes are those where ingenuity sparks innovation to address imbalances in the world, said David Docherty, investment director for thematics ...
