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GLOBAL MARKETS

Do You Hedge Foreign Currency?

In the short term, foreign currency fluctuations can materially impact reported investment performance, both positively and negatively.

GLOBAL MARKETS

Emerging, But Not Earning:

Why Emerging Markets Require an Active Mindset

The emerging markets (EM) investment thesis, at least in the late 1990s and early 2000s, was built on the structural growth premium.

Diverse Dividends

From Mailroom to Dragon’s Den:

Wes Hall on Resilience, Leadership & Legacy

When Wes Hall immigrated to Canada from rural Jamaica in 1985, he could not have imagined how far he’d travel: Chancellor at the University of Toronto, founder and CEO of Kingsdale Advisors...

Book Review

The Future of Geography:

How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World by Tim Marshall

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World by Tim Marshall

Charterholder Profile

Where Finance Meets Vision

One Leader’s Role in Bridging Capital Markets, Entrepreneurship, and Community

Where Finance Meets Vision: One Leader’s Role in Bridging Capital Markets, Entrepreneurship, and Community

SOCIETY UPDATES

CFA Society Toronto is constantly engaged with the greater investment community and taking part in many activities to promote the long-term sustainable growth of our profession. Stay up-to-date and find out what we've been up to through our Society Updates. 

 

Sustainable finance: Canada risks being left behind in low-carbon economy

Authors: , BMO Professor of Finance, CFA, ICD.D, Queen's University
, Associate Professor & Distinguished Professor of Finance, Queen's University

Earlier this spring, the most in-depth analysis to date on Canada’s changing climate provided clear evidence that Canada is warming twice as fast as the global average. As we increasingly experience the physical impacts (flooding, extreme weather, forest fires), we will experience the financial impacts as well in the form of both increasing market risks and unprecedented investment opportunities.

For the financial sector, this is a pivotal moment where it can realign its structures to ensure global capital flows toward solutions that will protect Canada’s economy and our prosperity, more broadly. However, Canada’s financial community has yet to fully grasp the numerous challenges and opportunities that climate change presents for us in the transition to a low-carbon economy.

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MEDIA CONTACTS

The Media Contact Directory is a comprehensive guide of our members that gives you direct access to investment industry experts within the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.

The directory consists of members who have had their CFA charter for more than five years and have areas of expertise that they are willing to share by accepting phone calls or taking part in media interviews. We have also added a new section for members who have had their charters for three to five years. There are over 25 investment-related areas showcased in the directory.