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Survey Launch: Asset Manager Action on Reconciliation

How can we think about and further support asset managers’ action towards advancing reconciliation in Canada? Background Central to the investment process is the relationship between asset owners, such as Indigenous trusts, and their asset managers. However, oftentimes the firms that assist Indigenous decision-makers in overseeing their invested assets have not explicitly adopted a reconciliation and rights recognition lens to their investment policies or processes. As research conducted by SHARE and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) in 2019 illustrates, investment organizations are important actors in the Canadian economy at large.[1] Investment organizations play critical roles as employers, shareholders, and capital providers – as well as...