Building Climate Resilience in Canada’s Pension Funds
July 21, 2022 9:10 amBuilding Climate Resilience in Canada's Pension Funds K. Monohan, Smart Prosperity Institute A. Islam, Smart Prosperity Institute Download the full... View Article
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The Impact of Cultural and Political Factors on the Spread and Macro-Economic Fallout of COVID-19
April 29, 2022 4:16 pmThe Impact of Cultural and Political Factors on the Spread and Macro-Economic Fallout of COVID-19 Anup Basnet, University of Surrey,... View Article
Dynamic Portfolio Decisions with Climate Risk and Model Uncertainty
April 12, 2022 9:58 amFailure to act on climate change ranked No. 1 on the list of top ten global risks by severity over the next ten years according to the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report.
Water Risk Modeling: A Framework and Guidance for the Financial Sector
March 9, 2022 9:05 amWater Risk Modeling: A Framework and Guidance for the Financial Sector Thomas Walker, Ph.D., Concordia University Dieter Gramlich, Ph.D., DHBW... View Article
The Connection Between Population Structure and Returns on Infrastructure Investments
February 8, 2022 2:49 pmInfrastructure is an important asset class in any balanced portfolio. It provides many attractive features including inflation-adjusted cash flows and diversification. The infrastructure itself also provides benefits to the communities it services. The amount of value created will have a dependence on the demographics of the area it serves.
Affordable Lifetime Pension Income for a Better Tomorrow: How we can address the $1.5 trillion decumulation disconnect in the Canadian retirement income system with Dynamic Pension pools
November 16, 2021 9:57 amThe lack of an acceptable, readily available option to convert retirement savings into affordable monthly lifetime income is creating a dangerous disconnect in the Canadian retirement income system, and there is widespread concern that this will lead to increasing financial insecurity for a large portion of the elderly population.