As a Portfolio Manager, Pascal Bernier is responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and reviewing strategic asset allocation for different types of clients and mandates using various asset classes. He selects investment strategies and structure portfolios tailored to clients’ needs and objectives. In this role, Pascal leverages his extensive portfolio management experience for the benefit of DGAM’s institutional and high net worth clients, whether internal or external.
Working as an actuary and investment specialist for the past 20 years, Pascal has acquired solid expertise in investment management, carrying out mandates for various types of institutional clients, including pension funds, insurance companies, foundations and religious orders. He has successively held positions of increasing responsibility at companies such as Mercer, Normandin Beaudry and Standard Life, later acquired by Manulife. Before joining DGAM, he was leading the asset-liability team as Senior Director, Investment, at Optimum Asset Management.
Pascal holds a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science from the Université de Montréal. He is a CFA charterholder and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA).
Pascal is a member of the Board of Directors of CFA Montréal since 2025. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Association de la Retraite et des Avantages Sociaux du Québec (ARASQ) as vice-president of finance and treasurer from 2019 to 2025.
