Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:03:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/ 32 32 Consumer confidence in U.S. slides in December to lowest level since tariffs rolled out in April https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/consumer-confidence-in-u-s-slides-in-december-to-lowest-level-since-tariffs-rolled-out-in-april/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:56:09 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528361 Americans’ assessments of their current economic situation tumbled: survey

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]]> Global private credit market reaches US$3.5 trillion AUM threshold: report https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/global-private-credit-market-reaches-us3-5-trillion-aum-threshold-report/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:49:58 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528311 Alternative Credit Council research points to further growth, diversification in 2025

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]]> Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product fell 0.3% in October https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/statistics-canada-says-real-gross-domestic-product-fell-0-3-in-october/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:53:46 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528340 The agency is forecasting a 0.1% increase for November

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]]> CPP Investments signs new European data centre partnership with Goodman Group https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/cpp-investments-signs-new-european-data-centre-partnership-with-goodman-group/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:24:34 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528332 The pension fund's 50% share of the initial capital commitment is roughly $1.8 billion

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]]> U.S. economy expands at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/u-s-economy-expands-at-a-surprisingly-strong-4-3-annual-rate-in-the-third-quarter/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:08:47 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528329 The economy grew 3.8% in the April–June quarter

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]]> U.S.-based notetaking AI to use Canadian data centre for advisor data https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/u-s-based-notetaking-ai-to-use-canadian-data-centre-for-advisor-data/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:00:11 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=527974 Woodgate Financial Inc., Assante Financial Management Ltd., are among Focal's customers

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]]> 2025 — a year to remember https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/2025-a-year-to-remember/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:00:38 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528288 Despite extraordinary stock market gains, clients were driven to distraction by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war

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]]> Opinion: Investor protection is the OSC’s best competitiveness strategy https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/opinion-investor-protection-is-the-oscs-best-competitiveness-strategy/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:02:33 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528282 Investor protection enables capital formation

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]]> Gold prices lift S&P/TSX composite, U.S. stock markets also rise https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/gold-prices-lift-sp-tsx-composite-u-s-stock-markets-also-rise/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:03:45 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528313 The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 244.33 points to 32,000.10

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]]> Opinion: ETF investing in 2026 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/etf-investing-in-2026/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:48:10 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528278 After a record-breaking year for new product launches, old-fashioned strategies are still a solid choice for portfolios

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