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BCI names Ramy Rayes interim EVP, investment strategy and risk

Gideon Scanlon — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 19:00:31 +0000

The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is appointing Ramy Rayes as acting executive vice-president of investment strategy and risk. Rayes, who joined the BCI in 2016, has taken over the role at the pension corporation from Stephan Dunatov on a temporary basis. Dunatov will join the Abu Dhabi Investment Council as chief strategist. Read: AIMCo appointing […]

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72% of Canadian pension funds considering consolidation options: survey

lbailey — Mon, 03 May 2021 13:00:47 +0000

The majority (72 per cent) of Canadian pension funds said they’re currently focused on consolidation options that offer greater certainty they’ll be able to meet their liabilities, according to a survey by CIBC Mellon. It also found 50 per cent of pension funds surveyed plan on implementing consolidation plans over the next three to five […]

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Pension funds saving with in-house asset management: survey

bwolfe — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Canadian pension funds are seeing significant cost savings from in-house asset management but are still relying on external managers, according to a new survey from CIBC Mellon. It found among funds that have taken asset management in-house, 66 per cent said they achieved savings. Of those, 91 per cent reported more than 10 per cent […]

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IMCO launching second structured pool of assets

lbailey — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:00:35 +0000

The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is launching its second structured pool of assets, the IMCO Global Public Equity pool, valued at $17.3 billion. Read: IMCO launching first structured pool of assets The investment manager launched its first structured pooled fund in November 2020. “In a short period of time, IMCO has made tremendous progress on our […]

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Could a rough road ahead in 2021 help active managers?

mschmit — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:00:26 +0000

What do global institutional investors expect in the coming year? It’s not a rosy picture. According to Natixis Investment Managers’ annual institutional investment outlook, just 12 per cent of institutional investors surveyed said they believe global gross domestic product will bounce back to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels by the end of 2021. Meanwhile, 79 per cent […]

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Wellington Management joins net zero asset managers’ initiative

mschmit — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 05:15:16 +0000

Wellington Management Co. is joining the net zero asset managers’ initiative as a founding member. The company is committing to working with clients on their decarbonization goals and setting an interim target for the proportion of assets to be managed in line with the attainment of net-zero emissions by 2050. Wellington is headquartered in Boston and […]

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A private markets perspective on the pandemic in 2020 and beyond

mschmit — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:29:59 +0000

What a difference a year makes. At this time in 2019, initial reports of a novel virus to be called COVID-19 were just beginning to come out of China, and the pandemic was still months from becoming front-page news around the world. Investors were busy instead planning for another regular year in 2020, setting return […]

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Vaccine news a shot in the arm for value investing

mschmit — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 05:00:58 +0000

Now is the time for institutional investors to buy value, small cap and cyclical stocks and hold steady while the economy builds back, says Bill Callahan, an investment strategist at Schroders. Indeed, energy and financial sector stocks saw gains Monday as investors are rotating from growth and large cap stocks after Moderna Inc. released data […]

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CFA Institute examining how financial sector can help mitigate climate change

mschmit — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:15:09 +0000

The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute is looking to more deeply examine the financial industry’s role in mitigating climate change. In a new report, the CFA Institute examined how investors can engage with the issue of climate change. It noted a recent survey of its members found 40 per cent of respondents incorporate climate change information […]

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91% of institutional investors say pandemic will lead to a global recession: survey

mschmit — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:15:19 +0000

A majority (79 per cent) of institutional investors see a global economic slowdown as the top threat to their portfolios in the next 12 months, according to a new survey by Schroders. Prompted by coronavirus-related concerns, it’s a big jump from the 49 per cent of respondents that said the same in 2019. Those concerns are also […]

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