The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has released its first climate change report. Written following the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s task force on climate-related financial disclosure, the report outlined the plan’s governance approach and strategy with regard to climate change. “Climate change is one of the biggest and most daunting challenges facing the world.” […]
While traditionally, balanced portfolios had 60 per cent in stocks and 40 per cent in bonds, about 90 per cent of the risk budget went to equities, said Perry Teperson, vice-president and portfolio manager at Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd., speaking at the firm’s institutional investor forum. This is where a balanced portfolio 2.0 comes […]
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