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Pension Investing: The New Safe Haven
Peter Muldowney and Debbie Clarke
Emerging markets equity was the star performer of 2007, despite the strong Canadian dollar. According to data at the end of 2007 from MSCI and Standard & Poor's, the emerging market index was up by 18.5%, while the U.S. equity (S&P 500) and international equity (EAFE) markets actually declined by 10.5% and 5.3%, respectively. The strong performance by emerging equities follows four previous years of double-digit returns averaging 27% per annum, leading some commentators to ask, Are emerging market equities the new safe haven for investors?
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Canadians Investing More in Foreign Equity
April Scott-Clarke
According to the Canadian Investment Management Research Study sponsored by Greenwich Associates, Canadian institutional equity portfolios are changing the way they invest.
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Property Prospects
Alyssa Hodder
Looking at the performance of global property investments, it really is all about location, location. A recent breakfast seminar in Toronto, hosted by ABN AMRO Asset Management and presented by Nancy Holland, global head of property, examined the past performance of global property and offered an outlook for the future.
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Global Economic Forecast: Glass Half Full
Alyssa Hodder
Take shelter from the storm, but also take heart, was the message delivered by Avery Shenfeld, managing director and senior economist with CIBC World Markets, at a lunch seminar sponsored by CIBC Mellon on Wednesday.
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PowerShares Launches India ETF
Craig Sebastiano
PowerShares Capital Management has announced the listing of the PowerShares India Portfolio, an exchange traded fund (ETF) expected to begin trading on the NYSE Arca later this month.
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