OPTrust ups its holdings in Ontario green bonds
The OPSEU Pension Trust is making an additional purchase of $100 million in Ontario government green bonds, bringing its allocation in the asset to about…
- By: Staff
- March 7, 2019 January 12, 2021
- 15:30
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Using green bonds to bridge sustainable development goal funding gap
While 17 per cent of current investments by large public corporations are green, fewer than five per cent of corporate green investments in 2017 were…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- March 7, 2019 January 10, 2021
- 07:26
Caisse rounds out 2018 with 4.2% return
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ended 2018 with a return of 4.2 per cent, beating its benchmark portfolio, which returned 2.4 per cent,…
- By: Staff
- February 22, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
Ontario DB plans’ solvency drops in last quarter of 2018: FSCO
Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans had a median solvency ratio of 94 per cent at the end of 2018, according to the Financial Services Commission…
- By: Staff
- February 20, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 09:49
What’s the investment outlook for pension funds in 2019?
Following years of steady, globally synchronized growth, volatility is back. In the final weeks of 2018, North American stock markets were especially hectic, posting losses…
- By: Martha Porado
- February 15, 2019 January 12, 2021
- 08:54
Concordia becomes first Canadian university to issue sustainable bond
Concordia University has launched a sustainable bond, with the aim of financing its share of the university’s new science hub while generating environmental and social benefits…
- By: Martha Porado
- February 11, 2019 January 12, 2021
- 16:44
Canadian DB pensions finish 2018 in negative territory: reports
Canadian defined benefit pension plans finished 2018 in negative territory, according to two new reports. Pension plans in RBC Investor & Treasury Services’ universe posted an…
- By: Staff
- February 7, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 08:24
‘Worst calendar year performance’ for U.S. institutional plans since 2008: report
Institutional plan sponsors lost a median of 3.8 per cent in 2018, as losses in the fourth quarter of the year dragged down returns, according…
- By: Staff
- February 4, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 15:15
Navigating the complicated relationship between interest rates, real estate
The complicated relationship between real estate and interest rates makes it important to know the role different types of properties play in a portfolio and…
- By: Yaelle Gang, the Canadian Investment Review
- January 18, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 07:58
Canadian pensions end 2018 with solvency decline
The solvency positions of Canadian defined benefit pension plans declined in the fourth quarter of 2018 after experiencing gains in the first nine months of…
- By: Staff
- January 4, 2019 January 12, 2021
- 09:08
Rough Q4 for stocks hits U.S. pension funding status: study
The largest corporate pension plans in the United States experienced a slight drop in their funded status at the end of 2018 due to the…
- By: Staff
- January 3, 2019 January 12, 2021
- 10:24
Four investment themes for a turbulent 2019
Looking ahead to the new year, 2019 is shaping up to be another challenging one for institutional investors looking for strategies to generate sufficient returns to meet their…
- December 27, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 08:00
Navigating the trend towards passive investing
The majority of global pension plans believe the rise of passive investment funds is a foundational change in how they now manage their portfolios, recognizing…
- By: Martha Porado
- December 21, 2018 March 11, 2021
- 08:56
Four disruptive trends facing fixed income
When it comes to disruption, people typically talk about technology and its impact on jobs, society, and the global economy. But disruption is also happening…
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- December 18, 2018 January 20, 2021
- 07:41
Heading into 2019, geopolitics continue to shadow markets
Uncertainty on how U.S. and Chinese policies will affect trade, Italy’s budget standoff with the European Commission, worry over Brexit and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policy all…
- By: Staff
- December 10, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 09:35
Canadian taxpayers bearing risk of public DB pension plans: report
Canadian taxpayers are providing $22 billion each year to the country’s public sector pension plans by assuming undisclosed investment risks, according to a new report…
- By: Staff
- December 6, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 10:48
Canadian DB pensions benefit from higher asset returns in November: Aon
Though financial markets were volatile and bond yields dropped, Canadian defined benefit pension plans benefited from higher asset returns in November, with median solvency standing…
- By: Staff
- December 6, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 08:30
Most investors expect bull market to end, but planning minimal portfolio changes: survey
While many investors expect the U.S. bull market to end in 2019, some institutional investors are planning changes to their allocation strategy or return assumptions,…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- December 5, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 09:00
Inclusion of ESG in fixed income isn’t keeping up with investor demand: research
While global institutional investors’ ability to analyze fixed income products on environmental, social and governance factors is growing, the supply of socially or eco-savvy bonds…
- By: Staff
- November 26, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 09:15
2018 Top 40 Money Managers Report: The Trump effect
Though President Trump hasn’t been successful in following through his promise to construct a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico, he’s…
- By: Martha Porado
- November 23, 2018 March 11, 2021
- 08:56
Number of indexes on the rise, led by fixed income: report
The number of indexes at an investor’s fingertips grew by 12 per cent (or 438,000) in 2018, rising to 3.72 million distinct indexes globally as of…
- By: Staff
- November 20, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 15:00
Increasing demand for ESG in Fixed Income
Considering environmental, social and governance factors has traditionally been associated with equities, but demand for ESG in fixed income is starting to outstrip the supply…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 19, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 09:56
Why are institutional investors embracing private credit?
Seventy per cent of all capital committed to private credit is from institutional investors, according to a recent report by the Alternative Credit Council and Dechert LLP.…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 15, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 15:00
Canadian pensions have healthy liquidity despite alternative investments: report
Increasing exposure to less liquid, alternative assets like infrastructure, real estate and private equity hasn’t created difficulty for Canadian pensions in repaying creditors, according to a…
- By: Staff
- November 15, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 08:45
Fixed income opportunities in the current interest rate environment
Will the environment of rising rates continue? And if so, over what period? And where can long-term investors find opportunities? Canadian Investment Review asked Robert…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 14, 2018 January 20, 2021
- 12:50