In 1996, Milestone led the industry as one of the first investment firms in Canada to bring the benefits of low-cost indexing to private clients. The vast majority of firms in North America now offer exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or other indexing options. ...
Foreign Direct Investment in Canada: Charting a New Policy Direction. Canadian Foreign Policy - Eden - 1995 () Citation Context ...globalization because they provide three functions that facilitate globalization: MNEs are market-making firms, they create investment bridges to the global economy, and...
Why Firms Use Derivatives: Evidence from Canada AbstractThis study uses corporate hedging explanations to examine observed differences in the use of derivatives by Canadian nonfinancial corporations. Our findings show that the scale, operational efficiency, and level of integration of... A Jalilvand ...
Dr. Prais details the sharp contrast between the static recent trend in concentration in the U.S. — where public policy has been hostile to new acquisitions by large firms — and the marked rise in the U.K. — where such activities have been encouraged and indeed promoted. Yet he fails...
The issue of investment in Canada by foreign state-owned enterprises has been a hot topic in the Canadian media since last summer. On Dec 7, 2012, the Prime Minister personally announced that the Chinese National Oversees Oil Corp's (CNOOC) purchase of Nexen Inc and the Petronas (the Malay...
UBS wealth managementUBS is a premier global financial services firm offering wealth management, investment banking, asset management and business banking services to clients world-wide. You & Us., Welcome to UBS., UBS is one of the world's leading financial firms. And we operate in two locati...
Do investment incentives influence private firms’ location decisions? Whereas prior research emphasizes tax incentives, we focus on incentives that r
At Mackenzie, we combine the advantages of multiple investment boutiques with the strength and resources of one of Canada’s largest independent asset management firms, to provide investment solutions for all clients in all market conditions.
The purpose of this study is to investigate how firms responded to the deterioration of bank health during the financially turbulent periods in the 2000s in making investment decisions and in meeting demand for liquidity. A rise in uncertainty regarding the ability to obtain external funds may have...
The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) is a government-owned investment-management corporation headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. AIMCo has approximately CAD $119 billion in assets under management as of 2020, making it one of Canada's largest institutional money-management firms.1AIMCo ...