For those of you who missed it, Mark McQueen returned for another guest host appearance on BNN at 3pm yesterday. On this segment, Andy Bell and Sanijal Patel interviewed Mark about his recent blog posts on the CPP Investment Board (see prior posts “Solvency canary alert?: 59% of CPPIB PE $ commitments producing IRRs below
Can CPPIB be long tobacco and still follow PRI ?
As you noodle the ethics of investing in gun companies and felonious banks (see prior post “Once CalSTRS is finished with guns, are HSBC and UBS next?” Dec. 19-12), I can’t help but save you the time and scan the stock portfolio of our very own CPP Investment Board. Although no gun manufacturers jump out,
Once CalSTRS is finished with guns, are HSBC and UBS next?
News report: CalSTRS Reviewing All Gun-Related Investments The team at the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) is doing the right thing. Stewards of investment capital have every right to consider a variety of factors before making an investment. There are the usual financial metrics, but forms of “socially responsible investing” (SRI) are certainly acceptable
“Enhancing” CPP is just a tax increase on entrepreneurs
A payroll tax increase during a tentative economic recovery? I know that “enhancing the Canada Pension Plan” sounds like a worthy initiative at first blush. But isn’t it just a tax increase on business? Seems like it to me. If job creation is the key to a continued recovery, CPP already costs the average small
Carney leaves with the crowd panting for more
There was a part of me that was going to just let it pass. In the three weeks since Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s exit was announced, much has been written and speculated. The why, how, what, when, instead of…. I’ve tried to read it all, and came to the conclusion that none of
