Low Volatility Roundtable

For investors without the stomach for equity market ups and downs, low volatility strategies promise a smoother ride. Not surprisingly, the number of strategies has increased exponentially in just a few years and plan sponsors are now kicking the tires in the hopes that a low volatility approach could help them have their cake and eat it to when it comes to investing in equities. To gain a clearer insight into how and why plan sponsors are using low volatility strategies, we gathered a group of top experts from across the pension industry to share their views at our first ever Low Volatility Roundtable held in Toronto in June 2013. During the wide ranging discussion, experts talked about barriers to adoption, behavioural biases and their inherent belief that low volatility strategies create a smoother ride that will ultimately benefit plan sponsors and members in the long run.