Investment Innovation Conference – 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 How to solve for lack of trust inherent in financial transactions https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/how-to-solve-for-lack-of-trust-inherent-in-financial-transactions/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:32:05 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-to-solve-for-lack-of-trust-inherent-in-financial-transactions/ As far back as the beginning of civilization, centralized ledgers have been the answer to solving trust issues, said Michael Casey, chief content officer at CoinDesk, in a keynote presentation during the Canadian Investment Review’s Investment Innovation Conference in November. The first form of writing ever recorded was a ledger on a Sumerian tablet dating […]

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]]> The case for eventual inflation https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/the-case-for-eventual-inflation/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:28:23 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-case-for-eventual-inflation/ While inflation never materialized after the last financial crisis and the subsequent economic expansion, this time will be different, said Erik Weisman, portfolio manager and chief economist at MFS Investment Management, when speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s Investment Innovation Conference in November. After the global financial crisis, quantitative easing didn’t generate inflation because the […]

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]]> What will a Biden presidency mean for the economy going forward? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/what-will-a-biden-presidency-mean-for-the-economy-going-forward/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:25:02 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-will-a-biden-presidency-mean-for-the-economy-going-forward/ The prospect of a Joe Biden presidency with a Republican-held senate is an ideal outcome for markets, said Charles Myers, founder and chairman of Signum Global Advisors, during the Canadian Investment Review’s Investment Innovation Conference in November. Speaking the morning after the election, Myers said Republicans’ expected continued control of the senate would have “very […]

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]]> The dark clouds and silver linings of financial innovation https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-dark-clouds-and-silver-linings-of-financial-innovation/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 04:25:16 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-dark-clouds-and-silver-linings-of-financial-innovation/ In the fall of 2008, James Weatherall, today a professor of logic and the philosophy of science at the University of California, Irvine, was a PhD student in physics in New Jersey and lived across the river from Wall Street. When the financial crisis hit, he saw how the media was placing the blame on […]

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]]> Thinking Outside of the Box https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/thinking-outside-of-the-box/ Tue, 04 Apr 2017 05:53:40 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/thinking-outside-of-the-box/ A holistic approach to integrating ESG across the portfolio.

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]]> Lessons From Brexit https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/lessons-from-brexit/ Thu, 09 Mar 2017 03:11:55 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/lessons-from-brexit/ Portfolio construction a good buffer for geopolitical risk.

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]]> The Power of Processing https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-power-of-processing/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 11:13:01 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-power-of-processing/ Using big data to influence today's investment decisions.

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]]> The Failed Promise of Innovation https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-failed-promise-of-innovation/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:02:33 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-failed-promise-of-innovation/ Coverage of the 2010 Investment Innovation Conference.

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]]> Sovereign Wealth Funds Bounce Back https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/sovereign-wealth-funds-bounce-back/ Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:58:49 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/sovereign-wealth-funds-bounce-back/ Shift from finance companies to infrastructure.

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]]> African Untapped Markets https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/african-untapped-markets/ Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:00:21 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/african-untapped-markets/ What are the investment opportunities in Africa?

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