CDPQ's chief executive hopes that building a light-rail system is an idea that can be exported.

Anup Agarwal was named deputy chief investment officer at Global Atlantic Financial Group.

Quebec pension manager puts its money behind budding journalists.

Chris Concannon was named president and chief operating officer of electronic fixed-income trading and data provider MarketAxess Holdings.

A group of money managers, broker-dealers, market-makers and others plan to launch an equity exchange to compete with the NYSE and Nasdaq.

Index investing is passive in name only, a University of Toronto professor argues.

Competition for investment management talent could hurt margins at money managers.

Canadian public and corporate pension plans' median funding levels plunged in the fourth quarter, hurt by a decline in equity investments.

Shifts in derivatives and fixed-income valuation benchmarks to replace LIBOR are among the trends in market structure forecast for 2019.

If institutional money managers had a tough time being profitable in 2018, this year could be even harder.

Index investing is passive in name only, a University of Toronto professor argues.

Artificial intelligence seen as possibly soothing the savagely volatile equity markets.

Voya Investment Management CEO sees 'an exciting time' ahead in building the firm's business.

UBS will pay $68 million to settle claims by 39 states and the District of Columbia that the firm manipulated the London interbank offered rate.

Fiera Capital agreed to acquire an 80% stake in U.K.-focused real estate investment manager Palmer Capital Partners.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has instituted a global gender diversity proxy voting policy for public companies in which it invests.

The SEC approved implementing a transaction fee pilot program to measure the effects of maker-taker rebates on equity trade execution.

Sun Life Financial announced it had agreed to acquire a majority stake in real estate investment management firm GreenOak Real Estate.

Backstop Solutions Group announced it has acquired alternative investment data and index provider BarclayHedge

Options Clearing Corp. named John Davidson as the new CEO of the Chicago-based equity derivatives clearinghouse.

Illinois Municipal OK'd up to $250 million in alternatives commitments, including a joint venture with retired NBA star "Magic" Johnson.

Thomas Hirschmann was named managing director head of distribution at Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management.

Illinois State Board of Investment plans to issue an RFP on Dec. 24 for an investment consultant for the state's deferred compensation plan.

Assets under management for 18 publicly traded money management firms analyzed by SS&C Technologies Holdings rose 2.4% in the third quarter.

Raymond Yin was named managing director, head of China onshore, at UBS Asset Management.