investment manager – 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 Desjardins Group to acquire Montreal-based Hexavest https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/desjardins-group-to-acquire-montreal-based-hexavest/ Mon, 31 May 2021 19:15:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=101311 The Desjardins Group is set to acquire Montreal-based investment firm Hexavest Inc. The deal is expected to close on Sept. 1, 2021, subject to certain conditions. Hexavest, which is based in Montreal, manages $5 billion in assets. The majority of its approximately 50 clients are institutional investors from Canada, the U.S., Australia and Asia. In […]

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]]> Five things to consider when hiring (or firing) a portfolio manager https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/colin-ripsman/five-things-to-consider-when-hiring-or-firing-a-portfolio-manager/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 10:45:06 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/five-things-to-consider-when-hiring-or-firing-a-portfolio-manager/ Historically pension funds and other investors have tended to select investment managers based on their recent investment performance. This can lead to a pension fund consistently firing yesterday’s losers and hiring yesterday’s winners. By chasing past performance these investors are effectively buying portfolios at high asset values and selling portfolios at low asset values, a […]

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