global markets – 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 Ontario Teachers’ selling plastics company, Caisse investing in Dutch real estate https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/ontario-teachers-selling-plastics-company-caisse-investing-in-dutch-real-estate/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:36:20 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105616 The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is selling Aurora Plastics, an Ohio-based plastics manufacturer, alongside its co-owner, Chicago-based private equity firm Wild Point Partners. The pension fund purchased its stake in the firm, which produces custom rigid polyvinyl chloride powders, pellets, foams and alloys for small-and medium-sized manufacturers, in 2016. At the time, it had facilities in […]

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]]> IMF head says global economy facing long climb to recovery https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/imf-head-says-global-economy-facing-long-climb-to-recovery/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:34:36 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/imf-head-says-global-economy-facing-long-climb-to-recovery/ The head of the International Monetary Fund says that the global economy has started on a long climb to stronger growth with prospects looking a little better than four months ago. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday that global economic activity suffered an unprecedented fall in the spring when 85 per cent of the […]

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]]> Caisse releases 2019 annual report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/caisse-releases-2019-annual-report/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 06:07:43 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-releases-2019-annual-report/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has released its annual report, highlighting the results previously announced on Feb. 20, including a return of 10.4 per cent for 2019 and a growth in net assets of $30.6 billion for the year. “2019 was a good year for investors – markets experienced one of their […]

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]]> How do institutional investors handle risk in a shifting global paradigm? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/how-do-institutional-investors-handle-risk-in-a-shifting-global-paradigm/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 04:14:13 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-do-institutional-investors-handle-risk-in-a-shifting-global-paradigm/ While institutional investors generally take for granted the overall global system in which they operate, these days they simply don’t have that luxury, said Jonathan Hausman, managing director and head of global strategic relationships at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, at an event hosted in Toronto on Wednesday by the Global Risk Institute. “I’d like […]

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]]> Taleb: The Hunt for “Antifragile” Investments https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/taleb-the-hunt-for-antifragile-investments/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:00:05 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/taleb-the-hunt-for-antifragile-investments/ Some investments thrive on shocks says Black Swan author.

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