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Millennials, gen-Xers hit hardest financially during pandemic: survey

mdunne — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:00:11 +0000

The coronavirus pandemic is financially impacting generation Z, millennials, generation X and baby boomers differently. Canadians from the millennial (22 per cent) and gen-X (25 per cent) cohorts were slightly more than two-times more likely than baby boomers (10 per cent) to have said the pandemic significantly set them back financially, according to a new […]

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CPPIB investing in Brazil real estate, Intact acquisition approved

mschmit — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 06:35:29 +0000

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of three investors entering a partnership with real estate developer SKR to develop, own and operate a purpose-built rental multi-family project in São Paulo, Brazil. The 220-unit mixed-use project is expected to be completed in 2023, according to a press release. Other investors include Cyrela Brazil Realty […]

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Will the environment be back on institutional investor agendas in 2021?

mschmit — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 06:03:07 +0000

For institutional investors keen to maintain environmental, social and governance commitments made in recent years, there’s a steep climb ahead. The Paris Agreement — and its call to keep climate change to a 2°C warming scenario — is shrinking the investable universe for those still seeking to align with its confines, according to a report […]

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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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Investing’s Brave New World

mschmit — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:57:05 +0000

Investors should recognize that risk defined as historical volatility is not the whole story.

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Investing in Africa: What is the Right Approach?

mschmit — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:32:35 +0000

Our newest bloggers take us beyond the frontier market label.

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Private Equity – Bullish, if You Have the Patience

mschmit — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:36:24 +0000

Canadians have been too polite about how disastrous the past two years have been in private equity, says AIMCo's Rieckelman.

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