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Canadian Real Estate: A Strategic Shield Against Monetary Debasement
In the current new regime, Canadian real estate is no longer just a yield play. It is a strategic “shield.” A repricing mechanism. A scarce store of value that responds almost mechanically to debasement, adjusting upward in price to reflect declining value changes in the denominator – money itself.
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Fiera Real Estate ESG Report 2021
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 ‘nice to have’, ESG has swiftly transitioned to the forefront and is now considered essential to business and investment strategies. While ESG covers a range […]
Canadian Real Estate Market Update – Q4 2021
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 an aggressive and destabilizing monetary policy tightening event. The global economic recovery lingers on, even in the wake of sporadic virus outbreaks. While COVID-19 dynamics […]
A Holiday message from Fiera Real Estate Canada
Despite the unprecedented challenges caused by the pandemic, 2021 has been a very busy year for Fiera Real Estate. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support. Our team remained resilient throughout the year and was able to deliver outstanding results across our Canadian platform. In this short video, we reflect […]
Canadian Real Estate Market Update – Q3 2021
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 year, due to higher energy prices and supply bottlenecks. Stronger and more persistent inflationary pressures drove this hawkish policy adjustment. The central bank did hold […]
The Role of Private Alternatives in Hedging Inflation
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 crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic prompted some central banks to engage in quantitative easing — buying longer-term securities to increase the supply of money and […]



