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2025 Sustainability Report
We are pleased to present our 2025 Sustainability Report, highlighting our commitment to sustainable investing and responsible business practices, as well as our ongoing efforts to integrate sustainability across our organization.
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Fixed Income
March 6, 2020
The COVID-19 spread
The Federal Reserve got the ball rolling with an emergency cut of 50 bps on Tuesday while the Bank of Canada followed with a 50-bps cut of its own the day after. Even the ECB announced that it stood ready to take necessary measures to collaborate in this concerted effort. Even though these rate cuts […]
Market Commentaries
February 24, 2020
COVID-19 – Reflationary Train Delayed, Not Derailed
Description: Candice Bangsund, Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Global Asset Allocation details how financial markets have reacted to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and shares her thoughts on the near and long term macroeconomic impacts.
Market Commentaries
February 19, 2020
Fear vs Fundamentals: Redux
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.
Fixed Income
February 19, 2020
The Debt Canary
In the fourth quarter of 2019, there were 35,155 consumer insolvency filings, according to Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. That’s the highest since 2010 and about 5,000 shy of the record reached in the third quarter of 2009. For the full year, over 137,000 Canadians declared bankruptcy, 9.5% more than the previous year […]
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Q3 2026 Investment Outlook & Portfolio Strategy
Read our latest quarterly Investment Outlook and Portfolio Strategy document, providing a financial market recap for Q2 and our outlook for the next 12-18 months.
Market Update from the Global Asset Allocation team – March 2020