Advisory Board CIR Member – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:34:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Expert panel: Defining risk depends on investing horizon https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/george-athanassakos/expert-panel-defining-risk-depends-on-investing-horizon/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:15:37 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=134896 What’s the right definition of risk in financial markets? Finding the answer to this question has become even more important because the number of retail traders is at a record high. Over the past 10 years, between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of all U.S. trades have come from retail accounts. So far […]

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]]> Caisse posts 7.7% return in 2020 as real estate underperforms https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/the-caisse-posts-7-7-per-cent-return-in-2020-as-real-estate-underperforms/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:00:52 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=95180 The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec posted a return of 7.7 per cent in 2020, below its benchmark index of 9.2 per cent as the investment fund plans changes to its portfolio in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The investment fund’s performance was dragged down by real estate investments, which suffered during the pandemic. […]

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]]> Bridging the knowledge gap on listed infrastructure https://www.benefitscanada.com/advisory-board-members/advisory-board-cir-member/bridging-the-knowledge-gap-on-listed-infrastructure/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/advisory-board-members/advisory-board-cir-member/bridging-the-knowledge-gap-on-listed-infrastructure/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 04:38:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bridging-the-knowledge-gap-on-listed-infrastructure/ The rush to alternative assets among institutional investors is well-documented. Within this movement, allocations to infrastructure are becoming common. The promise is attractive: returns in excess of fixed income with lower volatility than equities and a natural inflation hedge due to the characteristics of the underlying assets. Intuitively this makes sense. Infrastructure assets are generally […]

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