thematic investing – 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 Majority of climate-themed equity funds out of alignment with Paris Agreement: report https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/majority-of-climate-themed-equity-funds-out-of-alignment-with-paris-agreement-report/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 17:30:21 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=106741 The majority of climate-themed equity funds offer only marginal benefits compared to the broader market, according to a new report by the London-based think tank InfluenceMap. The report scored climate-themed and environmental, social and governance-themed investment funds on the basis of how well-aligned portfolios are with the environmental commitments made by governments, including the Canadian […]

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]]> Study finds surge in institutional investors’ allocations to thematic sustainable investments https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/study-finds-survey-in-institutional-investors-allocations-to-thematic-sustainable-investments/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:00:41 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105953 The number of institutional investors using thematic sustainable investment strategies grew by about 20 per cent between 2016 and 2020, according to a new study by the U.K.-based data and analytics firm Coalition Greenwood. Sustainable thematic investment strategies are ones that target areas of investment where social or environmental needs create business opportunities. According to […]

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]]> What opportunities exist for plan sponsors in thematic investing? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/what-opportunities-exist-for-plan-sponsors-in-thematic-investing/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:41:36 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-opportunities-exist-for-plan-sponsors-in-thematic-investing/ The most powerful and durable investment themes are those where ingenuity sparks innovation to address imbalances in the world, said David Docherty, investment director for thematics at Schroders, when speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s Investment Innovation Conference in November. He pointed to imbalance between population and resources as an example, and themes related to […]

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]]> How to make an impact with public equity investments https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/how-to-make-an-impact-with-public-equity-investments/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:00:55 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-to-make-an-impact-with-public-equity-investments/ Impact investing has been a common concept in the private markets space, but now public equity investors can make an impact as well. At its essence, impact investing is investing in assets with the intention of generating both measurable social or environmental impacts alongside financial returns. “It’s a very broad definition, it leaves a lot […]

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]]> MSCI launches megatrends indexes https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/msci-launches-megatrends-indexes/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 05:56:41 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/msci-launches-megatrends-indexes/ The MSCI Inc. is launching five thematic indexes to track the performance of what it calls ‘megatrends,’ namely the rise of smart cities, the digital economy, future mobility, disruptive technology and millennials. Institutional investors can use these indexes as investment policy benchmarks, as the basis for passive products or as benchmarks against which to measure […]

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]]> 4 trends shaping the future https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/4-trends-shaping-the-future/ Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:10:24 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/4-trends-shaping-the-future/ And how asset owners can tap into them.

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