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97% of institutional investors seek non-financial disclosures from investee companies: survey
BY Staff | February 19, 2019
The vast majority (97 per cent) of institutional investors said they conduct an evaluation of their target companies’ non-financial disclosures, representing close to a 20 ...
Back to basics on currency hedging
BY Martha Porado | February 19, 2019
The world was caught off guard when the U.K. voted to leave the European Union on June 23, 2016, since the majority of polls had ...
Are annuities super bonds?
BY Yaelle Gang | February 15, 2019
Last year was a strong year for the Canadian annuity market and the start of 2019 is looking promising as well, said Marie Desrochers, director ...
OMERS Ventures talks innovation
BY Yaelle Gang | February 15, 2019
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is a direct investor across all its asset classes; however, as it continued to get bigger, it was missing ...
What trends are dominating private assets for 2019?
BY Martha Porado | February 15, 2019
As alternative investments become ubiquitous among institutional portfolios, harnessing the right strategies will make all the difference in an environment where returns are proving harder ...
New paper proposes approach for measuring long-term investor performance
BY Yaelle Gang | February 14, 2019
With long-term investors like pension funds continuing to face challenges in measuring performance, a new paper is setting out to develop a better way to ...
Setting a prudent asset mix policy for an aboriginal trust
BY Colin Ripsman | February 13, 2019
Over the last few years we have seen numerous First Nations’ settlements with the government. The amounts of these settlements are typically large and can, ...
DC pension assets surpass DB assets in world’s largest markets: report
BY Benefits Canada Staff | February 13, 2019
Defined contribution plan assets now account for more than 50 per cent of total assets across the world’s seven largest pension markets, surpassing defined benefit plan assets ...
Concordia becomes first Canadian university to issue sustainable bond
BY Martha Porado | February 11, 2019
Concordia University has launched a sustainable bond, with the aim of financing its share of the university’s new science hub while generating environmental and social benefits ...
More gender diversity needed in alternative investments: report
BY Martha Porado | February 11, 2019
Institutional investors are driving efforts to improve gender diversity within the alternative investments space, but there are still major challenges in recruiting, retaining and advancing ...
