Coronavirus
CAAT pension plan returns 16% in 2019, well-positioned to weather coronavirus storm
BY Yaelle Gang | April 23, 2020
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan saw a strong 2019, delivering a 16 per cent return, net of investment management fees, while ...
Q&A: Oil prices go negative. What does that mean?
BY Cathy Bussewitz, the Associated Press | April 21, 2020
The world is awash in oil, there’s little demand for it and we’re running out of places to put it. That in a nutshell explains Monday’s strange ...
Tech, health care set to be winning sectors for institutional investors during, after pandemic
BY Kelsey Rolfe | April 20, 2020
While equity markets took substantial hits as the coronavirus pandemic arrived in North America, technology and health-care companies have performed well and are set to be long-term winners for ...
Managing a real estate portfolio amid the coronavirus crisis
BY Yaelle Gang | April 20, 2020
While the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on many asset classes, institutional investors in real estate face a unique set of challenges. Firstly, ...
Bank of Canada would have cut rates on oil shock alone, Poloz tells MPs
BY The Canadian Press | April 17, 2020
The governor of the Bank of Canada says the central bank would have likely slashed its key interest rate in response to plunging oil prices, ...
How to ease pension plan member anxiety if they can’t access their funds
BY Yaelle Gang | April 15, 2020
Anxiety is running high for many Canadians who are feeling the immediate financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic due to job losses, reduced work hours ...
IMF: Stung by virus, global economy will shrink 3% in 2020
BY Paul Wiseman and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press | April 15, 2020
Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary ...
CAP members seeking reassurance but not changing investments
BY Martha Porado | April 15, 2020
While a flurry of capital accumulation plan member activity might indicate their anxiety amid an economic crisis, not many are choosing to make changes to ...
Pension industry urging feds for relief from coronavirus fallout
BY Yaelle Gang | April 14, 2020
The Association of Canadian Pension Management and the Pension Investment Association of Canada have sent the federal government their wish lists for actions to help ...
Exploring the impact of coronavirus on commercial litigation finance investments
BY Edward Truant | April 14, 2020
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” The above quote from Charles Dickens aptly describes the current environment for the legal ...
