Industry

ABCP needs transparency, disclosure: SIO

The route to regulatory repair of Canada’s besieged asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market is through mandated transparency and disclosure, according to a submission on the recent ABCP crisis by the Social Investment Organization (SIO), the national association for socially responsible investment. Canada’s $35 billion non-bank ABCP market ground to a halt in August 2007, largely […]

By Doug Watt |February 20, 2009

3 min read

Week in review: February 16-20, 2009

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By Kate McCaffery |February 20, 2009

8 min read

Briefly: “RiskMetrics buying Innovest” and more of Friday’s news

Two of the world’s leading providers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis are joining forces. RiskMetrics Group has announced plans to acquire Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Both firms are headquartered in New York, though Innovest also has a Toronto office. The acquisition of Innovest and its team of experts, led by co-founders […]

By Staff |February 20, 2009

4 min read

Aging infrastructure offers investment opportunities

As federal and provincial governments prepare to pour money into Canada’s infrastructure, the prevalence of public-private partnerships may prompt institutional and private investors alike to significantly increase their allocations to this profitable sector, according to one expert. Speaking at the Alternative Investments for Institutional Investors seminar in Toronto, David McFadden, chair of the Gowlings National […]

By Jody White |February 19, 2009

2 min read