Lazard serves investors around the world with a broad range of global investment solutions and investment management services. We have built the business over decades with an emphasis on strategies that benefit from intensive research and active management. The result is a strong pattern of long-term performance, global perspective and deep insight into local markets.
On-the-ground, global fundamental research is the foundation of our investment approach. Our investment professionals collaborate on detailed fundamental analysis integrating knowledge across regions, sectors and asset classes to arrive at unique insights.
We empower our investment teams to make independent investment decisions, and we support them with global research capabilities and a strong operations infrastructure. This model allows our teams to focus on what we do best: invest your capital.
Risk management is integral to our portfolio construction. Our independent global risk management team provide objective monitoring of all our portfolios to ensure our investment teams understand the balance of risk and return and our investment strategies deliver their expected pattern of performance.
ESG considerations, including a company’s governance policies and board structure, environmental practices, and labor policies, can affect a security’s valuation and financial performance. Therefore, our investment professionals integrate ESG analysis into their research and decision-making processes.
EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. is an independently owned discretionary investment manager based in Toronto. The firm was founded in 2008 by Tye Bousada, Geoff MacDonald, Patrick Farmer and Robert Krembil. In an industry that was increasingly driven by the sales and marketing departments, they believed there was an opportunity in the marketplace for a company that would put investors at the forefront of all business decisions, that believes in direct and timely communication and invests its own money in its products alongside its investment partners.
Built on a foundation of financial strength for more than 180 years, Gore Mutual Insurance Company is one of Canada’s first property and casualty insurance companies. Based in Cambridge, Ontario, we are a Canadian mutual company, with more than 500 employees focused on delivering outstanding insurance products and services to customers. Insurance that does good – this is our Purpose. At Gore Mutual, we believe insurance doesn’t just mean shared risk, it means shared reward. This is what is driving our work to become a purpose-driven, digitally-led national insurer.
Aviva Investors is a global asset manager with integrated expertise across all asset classes. This, combined with our insurance heritage, investment capabilities and sustainability expertise, uniquely positions us to deliver the outcomes that matter most to today’s investor.
Trans-Canada Capital (TCC) is an innovative asset management firm specializing in non-traditional investment strategies for institutional investors.
Since 2009, the team has successfully managed the pension assets of Air Canada, one of the largest corporate pension plans in the country. Over the years, we have earned an enviable reputation by generating superior returns through sophisticated strategies focusing on alpha generation in a rigorous risk-controlled framework.
With over C$30 billion in assets under management, more than 85 investment professionals based in Montreal and Toronto, and a complete range of innovative solutions, TCC is well positioned to meet the needs of institutional investors seeking consistent returns.
Munro Partners is a global investment manager with a core focus on growth equities. Established in 2016 by an award winning investment team with a 15 year proven track record of strong returns, the business has over $5 billion in AUM and is owned and controlled by key staff. Via our proprietary investment process, we invest alongside our clients to benefit from some of the key structural changes that occur in our world today. The business is Australian domiciled, with its head office based in Melbourne.
Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd., (Sprucegrove), is a boutique international and global equities investment management firm exclusively serving the institutional market since 1993. The firm is 100% employee-owned and we are proud of our diversity and inclusiveness: 69% of our shares are held by women, minorities, or both. As of June 30, 2021, Sprucegrove managed over $30 B CAD in AUM across their four equity mandates.
Since the firm was founded, two unchanging objectives have fueled our collective efforts: (1) provide our clients with above-average investment performance over the long-term and (2) provide every client with a boutique service experience. Our ethos is steeped in humility, passion for the business, a desire to learn and deep collaboration across the firm all aimed at achieving these two objectives. Remaining an independent firm not only reinforces our ability to execute our investment process but also deliver exceptional service to each of our clients. Simply put, we can focus on doing what’s right for our clients while effectively maintaining a long-term focus in managing the firm. Our ability to consistently execute on Sprucegrove’s two objectives explains why, across our clients, we are often one of the longest-standing asset managers they have, with many client partnerships spanning more than 15 years.
Sprucegrove is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
SLC Management is the institutional asset management business of Sun Life Financial Inc. (“Sun Life”), a large global financial services organization. SLC Management has $303bn* in global assets under management across a continuum of public and private fixed income, real estate and infrastructure.
SLC Management has grown through a combination of organic and acquisitive growth. We offer our platform of solutions through our four affiliated firms:
1. Sun Life Capital Management specializes in investment grade public and private fixed income strategies;
2. Crescent Capital Group specializes in below investment grade public and private fixed income strategies;
3. BentallGreenOak offers global real estate equity and debt investment strategies; and
4. InfraRed Capital Partners is a leader in global infrastructure equity investments.
Our focus is on yield orientated asset classes as we support our clients in meeting their future financial obligations. We have a solutions mindset and work closely with clients and consultants to diagnose and solve their investment challenges through highly customized solutions across our platform.
SLC Management plays an important role in advancing sustainable investing for Sun Life and on behalf of all our clients through its ESG program. SLC Management’s sustainable investment program focuses on deep analysis with a heightened awareness of non-financial risks. The depth of our analysis allows us to effectively identify and manage a wider range of sustainability risks in our investment portfolios, and equally important, to identify and invest in new sustainable investment opportunities to achieve higher returns.
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*Combined assets of SLC Management affiliates, total AUM includes approximately $12B in cash, other and InfraRed real estate as of December 31, 2020.
Scotia Global Asset Management offers a range of wealth management solutions, including mutual funds, and investment solutions for private clients, institutional clients and managed asset programs. As one of Canada’s largest asset managers, Scotia Global Asset Management strongly believes that the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in the investment process is a vital component in delivering long-term value to our investors. As dedicated active managers, our investment teams integrate a broad range of ESG factors in our fundamental investment process. Scotia Global Asset Management is a business name used by 1832 Asset Management L.P., a limited partnership, the general partner of which is wholly owned by Scotiabank.