Canada: Investment Strategy

Toronto's inaugural Canada Investment Summit has brought together global business leaders, investors and policymakers to explore the country's economic strengths and investment potential.

Canada and Germany are making unprecedented investments in AI infrastructure and safety research, while major players like Cohere, OpenAI, and Bell position themselves in a rapidly evolving landscape of technology sovereignty. How will these strategic moves reshape the global AI race and what do they mean for businesses navigating data residency, vendor relationships, and emerging regulatory frameworks?

The Canada Investment Summit generated nearly $500 billion in investment commitments, but the critical challenge now lies in converting this momentum into active development. This analysis examines the legal, commercial and strategic conditions required to move investment commitments toward execution, exploring how economic sovereignty, project readiness and sector-specific opportunities will shape Canada's path from capital allocation to operational delivery.

Ontario's local distribution company sector faces unprecedented consolidation pressure driven by $30 billion in capital requirements for grid modernization. Municipal governments selling utility assets must navigate the "windfall trap"—political pressure to spend proceeds on short-term projects rather than preserving long-term value. Strategic deployment of sale proceeds into independent endowment funds offers municipalities a path to convert depreciating infrastructure into perpetual revenue streams

In this episode, Ellen Bessner and Brendan Monahan dig into one of the biggest barriers to effective financial planning: lack of communication between investors and advisors. Both sides often avoid reaching out — investors don't want to "bother" their advisor, and advisors worry about appearing intrusive.

Les organismes de bienfaisance enregistrés et les organismes à but non lucratif (« OBNL ») s’engagent de plus en plus dans des investissements d’impact en vue de faire progresser leurs valeurs et leurs missions.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is poised to make the most substantial revisions to its review process for foreign investments...

Policy and business leaders in 2026 are confronting disruptive global forces that pose daunting economic and financial risks while also transforming markets and creating avenues for growth over the next years.

Players from across the secondaries industry spectrum gathered last week at the third annual Torys secondaries summit in Toronto to unpack what continues to drive secondaries activity and where the market is headed next.