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2024 Sustainability Report
We are pleased to present our Sustainability Report, showcasing our commitment to both sustainable investing and corporate responsibility and highlighting our ongoing efforts to integrate sustainability into every aspect of our business.
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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 […]
Market Commentaries
February 18, 2020
Global Financial Forecast 2020-2027
Since 2008, the economy and financial markets have been driven by extraordinary actions from central banks, a thirst for yield, falling productivity and a prolonged expansion characterized by very low inflation. We continue to expect the next seven years to be driven by a return to normality in central bank activities and productivity. Demographics should […]
Fixed Income
February 7, 2020
Super Bond LIV
Once upon a time, the bond roll down provided just that. The roll down allows buy-and-hold investors to generate gains beyond just the coupon on their bonds. Under a normal (that is, upward-sloping) yield curve, as longer bonds age, they are discounted using a lower rate as they come down the yield curve. For example, […]
Market Commentaries
February 6, 2020
Market Update from the Global Asset Allocation team – February 2020
Just as one source of investor angst faded at the beginning of 2020, another intensified. After simmering trade tensions fueled a blockbuster start to the year, sentiment took a turn for the worse after the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus threatened to derail an already-fragile global growth backdrop. The epidemic, and efforts to contain it […]
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June 8, 2026
Global Asset Allocation Team Market Update – June 2026
Investor sentiment thrived in May, with unrelenting enthusiasm around the artificial intelligence (AI) boom and
lingering hopes for a truce between the United States and Iran buttressing risk appetite.
Fear vs Fundamentals: Redux