KPA Advisory News

February 2, 2022

Institutional Investor Article: What Does Good Governance Look Like?

In this article, author Christopher Schelling asserts that good governance is often the missing ingredient preventing asset management from being a value-adding proposition. He poses the question: what does ‘good governance’ look like in asset management, and where does it come from? In his answer, he cites the work of “the definitive expert in the field…..Keith Ambachtsheer….who has spent over 30 years researching, evaluating, and consulting on the governance of investing institutions”. ... Read More

April 1, 2021

Journal of Portfolio Management publishes 'The Canadian Pension Model: Past, Present and Future'

In this article, Keith revisits the origins of the Model back in the 1980s, its evolution over the course of the last 30 years, and why it should be the basis for the establishment of effective pension organizations around the world today, and in the years ahead. ... Read More

July 6, 2020

Defending The Canadian Pension Model

In a recent column on Alberta nationalism and a possible Alberta Pension Plan, Globe&Mail columnist Andrew Coyne called the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) “an out-of-control monstrosity”. In a published Letter to the Editor, Keith shows Mr. Coyne to confuse pension design and pension management, and to be badly misinformed about the Canadian Pension Model in general, and CPPIB’s implementation of it in particular. ... Read More

April 14, 2020

A Video Discussion on Integrated Reporting for Asset Owners

A Video Discussion on Integrated Reporting for Asset Owners By Keith Ambachtsheer... Read More

February 11, 2020

Improving Canada's Retirement Income System

A Discussion Paper on Setting Priorities... Read More