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Read our latest quarterly Investment Outlook and Portfolio Strategy document, providing a financial market recap for Q1 and our outlook for the next 12-18 months.

The macroeconomic outlook continued to gather momentum heading into the second quarter as the global vaccine campaign accelerated, while plans for large-scale fiscal spending in the US also emboldened calls for a rapid recovery through 2021.

Fiera Capital Corporation, a leading independent asset management firm, today announced the acquisition of a new Global Equities capability from AMP Capital.

The words Environmental, Social and Governance have become commonplace in the lexicon of investors of late.

The global economy continues to heal and has stabilized at reasonably healthy levels, with the sheer abundance of monetary and fiscal stimulus acting as a critical source of support even as the coronavirus continues to circulate across the globe.

Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Uncertain.

Read our latest Global Financial Forecast to learn more on what to expect from the markets in the next 5 years.

Hear Candice Bangsund share her 2021 global economic outlook at the Canadian Investment Institute Conference.

We review the implications of today’s ultra-low yield environment and the changing opportunity set in private markets.

Insights from Fiera Capital’s teams worldwide to help investors navigate the impact of COVID-19.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues are taking a larger place in investor mindsets of late. As the Green Revolution takes hold, corporations’ roles in protecting our planet has driven their environmental practices to the forefront.

Liquidity in the fixed income market has been challenged of late as the health crisis and financial market concerns have escalated. Global lockdowns aimed at mitigating the spread of COVID-19 will undoubtedly have ramifications on the global economy.

We are well into earnings season for the final quarter of 2019, but one could be forgiven for not noticing. After all, Coronavirus fears and the accompanying environment of heightened uncertainty have stolen the headlines.

Traditionally, risk and return are the two most important considerations in the realm of investment management. Modern Portfolio Theory hypothesizes that investors can construct optimal – or “efficient” – portfolios which maximize expected returns by taking on a quantifiable and specific amount of risk.