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Because of unprecedented debt levels accumulated by developed governments, a negative real interest rate environment is likely to persist for the long-term. Many developed nation governments have breached debt levels…

According to Fiera Capital, the outlook has deteriorated given the prospect of slowing growth and persistently elevated inflation, while heightened geopolitical turmoil stemming from the war in Ukraine has exacerbated…

Over the past year we have experienced an evolution in the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) issues, both by the business and wider society. Once perceived as a…

According to Fiera Capital’s base case economic scenario (Reflationary Recovery – 50% Probability), the global economic recovery continues to grow at an above-trend pace through 2022, without the fear of…

The Bank of Canada signaled on October 27 that it could hike interest rates as soon as April 2022 and said inflation would stay above target through much of next…

A Closer Look at Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Agriculture. Investors have given little thought to inflation until recently as it has remained largely in check even though the 2008 financial…

The Canadian industrial real estate market has experienced tremendous growth over the last ten years, accelerating its pace in the last few years especially. The fundamentals have been and will…

The Bank of Canada is maintaining its extraordinary forward guidance on the path for the overnight rate. According to the Bank of Canada’s April 2021 projection, the expected timeline for…

As populations get inoculated and larger parts of the economy reopen, the powerful revitalization in confidence should unleash massive amounts of pent-up demand, particularly as savings remain extraordinarily elevated around…

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for real estate fundamentals in the short-term; however, three key macro-economic trends were accelerated that will increase Canadian real estate values in the…

In this first instalment of the Market Update series, the Fiera Real Estate’s Strategy, Planning and Analytics team explores the Canadian real estate conditions, the current state of each asset…

The events of the past year have led to unprecedented times that continue to change rapidly month to month. While it is unclear how long the COVID-19 pandemic will last,…

There are many words to describe financial markets in 2020, but “normal” certainly is not one of them. Equity markets the world over were rattled by the imminent slowdown in…