C.D. Howe Institute – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:17:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png C.D. Howe Institute – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Tax reforms needed to Canada’s retirement regime: C.D. Howe Institute https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/tax-reforms-needed-to-canadas-retirement-regime-c-d-howe-institute/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:17:31 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=467864 Study argues for providing Canadians more retirement savings room, allowing OAS/CPP deferral after 70

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]]> Stablecoins need real regulation to pay off: C.D. Howe https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/stablecoins-need-real-regulation-to-payoff-c-d-howe/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:17:56 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=460572 Report recommends leveraging existing framework to enable crypto to deliver benefits as a payment mechanism

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]]> BoC to lose billions over next few years, posing communications challenge: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/boc-to-lose-billions-over-next-few-years-posing-communications-challenge-report/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:29:32 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=458562 Settlement balances helped finance pandemic quantitative easing

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]]> Most employer retirement plans don’t support decumulation: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/most-employer-retirement-plans-dont-support-decumulation-report/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:44:03 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=454261 Less than 5% of pension programs administered by the largest insurance companies offer decumulation options, finds the C.D. Howe Institute

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]]> Bring back old-school inflation forecasting: C.D. Howe https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/bring-back-old-school-inflation-forecasting-c-d-howe/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:26:43 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=447450 Bank of Canada should track money supply, paper says

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]]> Capital for climate risks needs to be global https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/capital-for-climate-risks-needs-to-be-global/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:12:58 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=446755 Too early to impose capital charges on banks for climate risk, C.D. Howe says

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]]> Assets surge but retirement challenges remain https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/assets-surge-but-retirement-challenges-remain/ Tue, 10 May 2022 19:36:28 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=444122 Savings needs have risen alongside wealth, a C.D. Howe report says

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]]> Shadow budget report calls on feds to slash spending, incentivize growth https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/shadow-budget-report-calls-on-feds-to-slash-spending-incentivize-growth/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:29:07 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=440700 C.D. Howe Institute recommends Ottawa freeze department operating budgets, shift public employees to shared-risk pension plans

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]]> Canada’s tax system too complex for automatic filing, study suggests https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/canadas-tax-system-too-complex-for-automatic-filing-study-suggests/ Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:01:41 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=438140 C.D. Howe report recommends separating access to benefit programs from the filing of tax returns

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]]> Governments ‘rolling the dice’ on Canada’s fiscal future: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/governments-rolling-the-dice-on-canadas-fiscal-future-report/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:34:01 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=426195 The C.D. Howe Institute says budget forecasts downplay the risk of rising government debt

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