BlackRock – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Mark Wiseman named AIMCO’s new board chair https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/aimco-appoints-mark-wiseman-new-board-chair/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 05:29:25 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/aimco-appoints-mark-wiseman-new-board-chair/ Mark Wiseman has been named as a director and the chair of the Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s board of directors, effective July 1, 2020. Wiseman will replace current chair Richard Bird, who will be completing his second three-year term on the AIMCo’s board. In order to ensure a smooth transition, Bird will be staying on […]

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]]> World’s largest asset manager shifts focus to climate change https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/worlds-largest-asset-manager-shifts-focus-to-climate-change/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 06:27:58 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/worlds-largest-asset-manager-shifts-focus-to-climate-change/ BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions. Founder and chief executive officer Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” […]

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]]> A longer-term approach to private equity https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/a-longer-term-approach-to-private-equity/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:26:35 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/a-longer-term-approach-to-private-equity/ BlackRock Inc. is shaking up the private equity industry with a new longer-term approach to the asset class. In April, the firm announced it was ready to start investing its long-term private capital vehicle, which had $2.75 billion in capital committed from cornerstone investors at the time. According to BlackRock, the permanent capital vehicle will […]

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]]> As institutional investors intend to reduce public stocks, where are they looking? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/as-institutional-investors-intend-to-reduce-public-stocks-where-are-they-looking/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 04:51:26 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/as-institutional-investors-intend-to-reduce-public-stocks-where-are-they-looking/ With concerns the business cycle is about to turn, more than half of institutional investors are reporting the intention to reduce their allocations to equities, according to a new BlackRock survey. Fifty-one per cent of BlackRock institutional clients surveyed stated they plan to decrease their allocations to public equity markets this year, up from 35 per cent in […]

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]]> There’s An ETF For Everything https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/theres-an-etf-for-everything/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:36:57 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/theres-an-etf-for-everything/ ETF for ETFs signals industry growth is set to explode.

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]]> Liquidity Needs Drive Canadian Institutions to Bond ETFs https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/liquidity-needs-drive-canadian-institutions-to-bond-etfs/ Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:10:08 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/liquidity-needs-drive-canadian-institutions-to-bond-etfs/ New Greenwich study shows ETF use gets more strategic.

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]]> Institutions Get Ready for Reflation https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/institutions-get-ready-for-reflation/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:33:14 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/institutions-get-ready-for-reflation/ BlackRock survey shows big decrease in cash, equity holdings.

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]]> As global ETFs shine, China lags https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/caroline-cakebread/as-global-etfs-shine-china-lags-2/ Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:35:59 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/as-global-etfs-shine-china-lags-2/ Amidst good news, investors give China stocks thumbs down.

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]]> Bond ETFs: The new shock absorbers? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/caroline-cakebread/bond-etfs-the-new-shock-absorbers-2/ Thu, 06 Nov 2014 03:41:40 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bond-etfs-the-new-shock-absorbers-2/ ETFs boosting liquidity in tough times.

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]]> Beyond the Broad Index https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/caroline-cakebread/beyond-the-broad-index-2/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:47:26 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/beyond-the-broad-index-2/ Country-based ETFs help separate winners from losers.

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