Kurt Reiman, Managing Director, is BlackRock’s Chief Investment Strategist for Canada and is a member of the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). Kurt is responsible for creating value added Canadian financial market and investment insights and communicating them, alongside our global views, to our clients as well as to investors and our client-facing professionals throughout Canada. Prior to his current role, Kurt was a Global Investment Strategist with responsibility for presenting BlackRock’s multi-asset investment views to clients throughout North America, primarily in the U.S. Kurt joined BlackRock in 2013 with over 15 years of experience in investment research and strategy. Prior to joining BlackRock, he was the Head of Thematic Research at UBS Wealth Management in New York and Zurich. He also held various analyst positions at Reuters and the G7 Group. Kurt earned a BS degree in business and economics from the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh and his MS degree in international relations with a concentration in international economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Kurt also spent a year at McGill University in the finance department and focused on Canadian studies during his undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Articles

Blackrock’s mid-year outlook

By Gargi Pal Chaudhuri , Kurt Reiman (Published on 09-02-2021)

What’s in store for Canada in 2021?

By Kurt Reiman (Published on 01-19-2021)

Investment themes: Canadian resilience

By Kurt Reiman (Published on 10-22-2020)

Investment themes: Policy revolution

By Kurt Reiman (Published on 10-15-2020)

Investment themes: Activity restart

By Kurt Reiman (Published on 10-08-2020)

Stocks, bonds tell the same story

By Kurt Reiman (Published on 07-13-2020)

The ballast in government bonds

By Kurt Reiman , Rachel Siu (Published on 06-23-2020)

Will tech become a TSX disruptor?

By Kurt Reiman , Daniel Donato (Published on 06-02-2020)

Data paint a bleak macro picture

By Kurt Reiman , Daniel Donato (Published on 04-28-2020)

What you need to know about emerging market debt

By Daniel Donato , Kurt Reiman (Published on 02-03-2020)

Outlook for final quarter of 2019

By Kurt Reiman (Published on 09-03-2019)

Earnings expectations somewhat overdone

By Kurt Reiman (Published on 02-22-2019)