Whether renting or buying, Canadians are exposed to risk

Published: 29 August 2025

Buying a home can help you build household wealth, but renting has fewer overall costs, which allows you to save more of the money you earn. While the conventional wisdom has been that buying is...

Caisse de depot’s stake in UK nuclear project is a model to emulate

Published: 7 August 2025

The Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec is taking a 20% stake in the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, England. It is the UK’s first new nuclear power plant since the 1990s, and...

Infrastructure bank model can encourage investment in infrastructure projects

Published: 7 August 2025

Private market developers face an “investment catch-22” in getting infrastructure projects off the ground, Professor Sebastien Betermier wrote in a recent report for the C.D. Howe Institute....

Nine directors at large Canadian pension funds also hold fossil fuel positions

Published: 10 July 2025

Nine of the directors who oversee Canada’s largest pension funds also hold positions at fossil fuel companies, according to a report by Pensions and Investments.

Concrete policy steps could address issues with Canada’s pension system

Published: 2 July 2025

A well-designed pension system brings enormous social and economic values to its members and to society as a whole. Unfortunately, Canada’s doesn’t stand out. A 2024 report from Mercer ranks it...

Infrastructure banks can help get large infrastructure projects off the ground

Published: 28 May 2025

In Canada, investment in infrastructure has lagged, but infrastructure banks are one way to provide financing for large-scale infrastructure projects that could take decades to pay off. “Canada...

Tariff uncertainty interferes with business investment

Published: 2 May 2025

Ever since Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement, stock markets have been volatile. The tariffs impact thousands of companies, and with the exact scale and scope of tariffs changing...

Canada’s big pension funds hold lessons for funds elsewhere

Published: 27 March 2025

Canada’s big pension funds are the envy of fund managers in other countries. They’re something that the UK’s defined contribution plance could aspire to, writes Padraig Floyd in Pensions Expert. ...

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