natural resources – 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 PSP reporting 18.4% net return for fiscal 2021 https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/psp-reporting-18-4-net-return-for-fiscal-2021/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:00:20 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=102468 The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is reporting a net return of 18.4 per cent in fiscal 2021. As of March 31, 2021, the PSP had $204.5 billion in net assets under management, up 20.4 per cent from $169.8 billion at the end of the previous fiscal year. The PSP also reported a 10-year annualized […]

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]]> Calls for Canadian companies to adopt transparent, consistent climate-risk reporting https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/calls-for-canadian-companies-to-adopt-transparent-consistent-climate-risk-reporting/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 05:54:03 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/calls-for-canadian-companies-to-adopt-transparent-consistent-climate-risk-reporting/ Institutional investors, regulators and financial standard organizations are calling on Canadian corporations to adopt transparent climate-risk reporting, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. The report noted corporate directors have the legal and fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of their companies in developing strategies to address climate-related financial risks […]

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]]> Climate change, aging population major economic factors in forecast for 2020s https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/climate-change-aging-population-major-economic-factors-in-forecast-for-2020s/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 05:08:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/climate-change-aging-population-major-economic-factors-in-forecast-for-2020s/ A new economic report says the next decade in Canada will increasingly be shaped by the twin forces of climate change and demographic disruption from an aging population. “By 2030, Canada’s economy could look significantly different,” says the RBC report released Monday, dubbed Navigating the 2020s. “A country whose economic identity has long been bound […]

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]]> 2019 Top 40 Money Managers Report: How plan sponsors are hedging portfolio exposure in their own sectors https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/2019-top-40-money-managers-report-how-plan-sponsors-are-hedging-portfolio-exposure-in-their-own-sectors/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:02:14 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/2019-top-40-money-managers-report-how-plan-sponsors-are-hedging-portfolio-exposure-in-their-own-sectors/ Canada’s economy is famously reliant on its rich natural resources, with a heaping helping of financial service providers thrown in for good measure. But when oil companies, mining outfits or Canadian banks are deciding how to invest the capital in their pension funds, does it make sense to steer clear of exposures that directly correlate […]

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]]> Challenges and opportunities of investing in Brazil https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/challenges-and-opportunities-of-investing-in-brazil/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 04:39:20 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/challenges-and-opportunities-of-investing-in-brazil/ When investing in Brazil, what considerations should institutional investors keep in mind? And how can the market fit into a pension portfolio? One issue to watch is pension reform, said Heather Hagerty, a research analyst at Fidelity Investments, during the Canadian Investment Review’s podcast “Pension Passport.” “Brazil is one of only a small number of […]

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]]> Are market conditions impacting investor allocations to alternatives? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/are-market-conditions-impacting-investor-allocations-to-alternatives/ Thu, 09 May 2019 04:05:13 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/?p=49035 As allocations to alternative assets grow, private equity is the most popular, trailed closely by real estate according to data from Preqin for the first half of 2019. Currently 65 per cent of institutional investors hold private equity, 63 per cent own real estate and 51 per cent have hedge funds. Somewhat less popular are […]

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]]> Teachers’ Boosts Exposure to Natural Resources https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/teachers-boosts-exposure-to-natural-resources/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 05:31:55 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/teachers-boosts-exposure-to-natural-resources/ Partnership with Glencore will focus on base metals streams and royalties.

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]]> Investing in Resource Optimization https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/investing-in-resource-optimization/ Thu, 05 May 2016 06:49:40 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/investing-in-resource-optimization/ Opportunities and risks in a changing environment

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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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