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Drivers of Growth

Between 2016 and 2021, Southwestern Ontario’s greenhouse footprint expanded by more than 40 million square feet. Dan Murtha, Director & Team Leader of Agriculture and Commercial Banking in Southwestern Ontario, tells us what will fuel even more growth over the next decade.

The Innovation Economy

How technological advances are empowering CFOs

Over the past decade, the role of the Chief Financial Officer at growing and mid-market firms has transformed dramatically—from custodians of balance sheets and financial reports to strategic leaders with broad responsibilities who play a central role in corporate decision-making.
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Drivers of Growth

A growing revolution in Ontario’s greenhouse alley

Between 2016 and 2021, Southwestern Ontario’s greenhouse footprint expanded by more than 40 million square feet. Dan Murtha, Director & Team Leader of Agriculture and Commercial Banking in Southwestern Ontario, tells us what will fuel even more growth over the next decade.

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Latest Podcasts

CIBC’s President and CEO, Victor Dodig, sits down with Harry Culham, SEVP and Group Head, CIBC Capital Markets and Direct Financial Services for an in-depth conversation around our current market conditions, where they see things going, and how CIBC operates in an evolving and dynamic economic environment.

CIBC Perspectives | EP0Market Outlook with Victor Dodig and Harry Culham
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The Energy Shift

Battery life

Denise Tait, CIO at Arevon and Ines Serrao, Managing Director and Head of Renewables for U.S. Corporate Banking at CIBC, join co-hosts Luisa Fuentes, Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition and Sustainability, Corporate Banking and James Wright, Managing Director and Co-Head of US Corporate Banking to discuss the growing battery storage market in the U.S., how Arevon is playing in that space and some of the regulatory/political challenges facing the market.
Innovation Banking

Scaling Your Business by Identifying Pain Point Intersections with Marcos Torres of Huntress

Originally released on November 15 2023, this episode of The CIBC Innovation Banking Podcast is part of our renewed focus on highlighting exceptional conversations within the American Innovation Economy. Join us as we revisit these insightful discussions and shine a light on the ongoing innovation that shapes our industry. Marcos Torres, CFO of Huntress, a managed security platform developed by former NSA employees, says that investing just isn't about money. Join him and host Michael Hainsworth as they delve into what Marcos has learned on his journey from private equity owned business operator turned CFO.
The Sustainability Agenda

The case for thematic investing in natural capital

Eric Cooperström of Manulife Investment Management joins Ryan Fan, Managing Director and Vice Chair, Global Markets, CIBC Capital Markets to discuss investment solutions with a natural capital thematic, including an investment strategy focused on forests for their carbon credit value, and how timberland assets are helping to diversify risks and generate new revenue streams.

The housing crisis is a planning crisis

Read how the lack of a robust population growth forecast framework is partly responsible for the housing supply shortage.

Housing Shortage

5 million

Estimated Canada-wide construction gap by 2030 in units

Population Growth

1.4 million

Gap between real population in 2023 and previous planning forecasts

Latest Videos

CIBC Perspectives

With Parliament’s prorogation and the race underway for a new leader of the Liberal party, Roman Dubczak, Deputy Chair of CIBC Capital Markets, is joined by the Hon. Lisa Raitt, Vice Chair, Global Investment Banking at CIBC Capital Markets, and Avery Shenfeld, Chief Economist at CIBC Capital Markets, to discuss the implications of the Prime Minister’s announcement, especially in light of President Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration and the issues surrounding immigration and tariffs.

CIBC Economics

13%

The gap between what women (aged 25-54) earned less than their male counterparts in terms of average hourly wages in 2023.

Women's work isn't yet done
The Week Ahead

Gonna hurt you more than it hurts me

Canada is taking steps to gird itself for the battle against a looming tariff threat from the US, and a list of potential retaliatory tariffs on US products is being assembled as a part of that effort. But both history and facts on the ground suggest that, on their own, Canadian tariffs won’t mean much, and such talk isn’t making much of an impact on the President-elect thus far.
In Focus

Canadian housing – Countdown to liftoff

Our latest issue of In Focus takes a deep dive into conditions in Canada’s housing market. This was included in a larger Year Ahead publication released on Friday by CIBC’s FICC Strategy, Economics and Equity Research teams.

Taking action on sustainability

CIBC Sustainability Report 2023

Read about what we've done in our efforts to create a sustainable future for our team, our clients, our communities and our planet.

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