Doing what’s best for members and clients
Committed to providing support
In light of the trade tensions with the United States, Desjardins is supporting its members and clients, in both Personal and Business Services. Desjardins teams remain fully mobilized to provide proactive support to those businesses most affected by tariffs, by contacting them directly to ensure they receive the support they need.
Together with its economic team, Desjardins provides analysis and recommendations to help its members and clients find their way in this uncertain economic climate. Desjardins is in contact with various economic stakeholders to ensure that solutions are put forward and is helping its business members access them.
To continue helping people better understand the economic environment, Jimmy Jean, Vice-President and Chief Economist at Desjardins Group, and Emna Braham, President and CEO of the Institut du Québec, presented their first economic web conference (in French only) of the year, on March 27. Among other things, the conference touched on the economic impacts of trade tensions with the U.S. and the impacts on consumers.
High-performance products for members and clients
Desjardins won the first Prix Mentorat en lumière (in French only), presented by Mentorat Québec. This award recognizes active mentoring programs that contribute to people’s personal, professional and social development while supporting the growth of Québec organizations.
Desjardins won nine FundGrade A+® Awards in February, from Fundata Canada Inc. These awards are given to Canadian investment funds that have delivered the best risk-adjusted returns and maintained high FundGrade ratings over a full calendar year. The award-winning funds include one mutual fund, two responsible investment exchange-traded funds and six guaranteed investment funds.
Forbes magazine has ranked Desjardins among the top 10 Canadian companies of its prestigious World’s Best Banks 2025 ranking. This ranking lists financial institutions around the world that have succeeded in maintaining the trust of their clients and meeting their financial needs.
Committed to communities
Through the Goodspark Fund, Desjardins stimulates social and economic activity in communities. During the first quarter, Desjardins made a contribution to enable Patro Laval to expand in Québec (in French only) and confirmed support for Cycle Momentum, a clean technology consortium, promoting the “Lab-à-la-Start-up” project. Since 2017, the Goodspark Fund has supported 920 projects totalling $211 million in commitments.
Through several initiatives, Desjardins helps promote better access to housing, an issue that is affecting all the regions of Québec, as housing costs account for an increasingly large share of household budgets. As part of a partnership with the Government of Québec, Desjardins has committed to supporting the construction of more than 1,750 affordable housing units by the end of…
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