Barbara Shecter
Barbara Shecter focuses on how Canada’s major financial institutions, regulators and pension funds manage risk, regulation and returns across the financial system. Her reporting combines detailed performance data with policy and governance context, showing how decisions at public funds, the central bank and watchdogs influence markets and investors.
Pension funds and institutional investors
Shecter spends significant time on large public pension funds and other institutional investors, tracking both their performance and their strategic positioning. In a recent piece on a public sector pension fund’s 6.5 per cent return in fiscal 2026, she breaks out asset-class results and uses them to frame how the fund is navigating a volatile environment for long-term liabilities and investment risk. Her coverage of Quebec’s public pension manager, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, examines a 9.4 per cent annual return against an 11.8 per cent benchmark, tying the shortfall to commercial real estate headwinds and the prospect of new trade tariffs. She extends this lens to CPP Investments, detailing how the fund increased its U.S. allocation from 42 to 47 per cent in fiscal 2025 and still reported a double-digit return, while its CEO publicly rejected calls to cut American exposure despite market volatility and trade tensions. Shecter also conducts in-depth interviews with leaders such as Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan CEO Jo Taylor on investment strategy in challenging environments, using their comments to explore how global opportunities and risks are weighed at large funds. Across these pieces, she distinguishes herself by treating pension funds not only as pools of assets but as active institutions making strategic calls on geography, asset mix and governance.
Central bank and monetary policy coverage
Another thread in Shecter’s work is close coverage of the Bank of Canada and its shifting stance on interest rates. She has reported on the central bank’s view that its next rate move is “unusually difficult” to predict, explaining how trade disputes and geopolitical tensions complicate the usual relationship between economic data and policy decisions. In a separate article she highlights a deputy governor’s warning that supply-side shocks can force rate hikes even when the broader economy is weak, clarifying for readers why inflation pressures and financial stability concerns can trump growth in the bank’s reaction function. Her reporting also includes live and explanatory formats, such as a Q&A on a Bank of Canada rate cut that features analysis from a major bank’s chief economist alongside commentary from a Financial Post editor, with Shecter framing the discussion around what the cut means for borrowing costs, currency markets and future policy moves. Taken together, these stories show a focus on the mechanics and communication of monetary policy, with attention to how global shocks and domestic vulnerabilities filter into the decisions that matter for households, businesses and markets.
Financial system risk, regulation and governance
Shecter’s beat extends into the oversight of Canada’s financial system, where she follows the work of regulators and watchdogs. She has covered statements from Canada’s top bank regulator about how economic and geopolitical upheaval add risk to the financial system, unpacking concerns around leverage, market volatility and the resilience of financial institutions. In another piece, she reports on a watchdog flagging the housing market as the top risk to Canada’s financial system, linking elevated household debt and frothy property valuations to broader stability issues. Her reporting on the sales culture at bank-owned mutual fund dealers raises red flags about how products are sold, describing governance and conduct issues that matter for investor protection. These stories are consistent with her stated coverage of financial services, regulation and governance, and show her interest in how rules, supervisory decisions and firm-level behaviour shape outcomes for savers and the system as a whole. Rather than treating regulation as background, she puts it at the centre of narratives about risk, accountability and trust in financial institutions.
Long-form journalism and recognition
Beyond daily and short analysis pieces, Shecter has a record of long-form work that has been recognized within the industry. Her reporting for the Financial Post is widely distributed through Yahoo Finance Canada, giving broad readership to her in-depth features on topics such as investment strategy at major pension funds and the structural risks in Canada’s financial system. She has been honoured with a top long-form prize at the PMAC journalism awards, alongside fellow Financial Post journalist Joe O’Connor, underscoring her strength in extended, narrative-driven coverage of complex financial subjects. In public professional descriptions of her work, she is identified as researching, reporting and writing stories that provide analysis on financial services, regulation and governance, which aligns closely with the themes evident across her recent articles. Her long-form pieces tend to blend interviews with senior decision-makers, clear explanation of technical issues and careful use of performance and risk data, producing articles that situate individual stories within the broader architecture of Canada’s financial system.
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