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Median solvency ratio of Ontario pension plans rises 2%: FSCO

The median solvency ratio for Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans has risen two per cent, from 78 per cent to 80 per cent since Mar.…

By: Staff
July 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
09:30

Ways to rethink fixed income

Investors tend to rely too heavily on fixed income to pad returns. While it’s true we’ve been spoiled for 30 years – falling yields have…

By: Bryan Borzykowski, MoneySense
July 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
09:24

How did Canada’s fastest-growing pension funds fight off 2015 market headwinds?

In a year that witnessed volatile markets and a plummeting Canadian dollar, 92 per cent of the plans on Benefits Canada’s top 100 pension funds…

By: Jennifer Paterson
July 5, 2016 September 13, 2019
09:11

Is it time for pension funds to rethink their fixed-income allocations?

Pension investors have always relied on bonds as a steady source of diversification, capital preservation and a hedge for liabilities. But since the 2008 financial…

By: Caroline Cakebread
June 21, 2016 September 13, 2019
09:23

CPPIB’s fiscal report reflects long-term challenges for pension funds

While the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s modest 3.4 per cent investment return announced last week will have minimal short-term effects, its investment income will have significant…

By: Jann Lee
May 27, 2016 September 13, 2019
08:39

Weak loonie triggers jump in pension plans’ risk appetites

Despite the weak Canadian dollar, the top 40 Canadian money managers increased their pension assets by 3.2 per cent in 2015, according to Benefits Canada’s…

By: Sara Tatelman
May 16, 2016 September 13, 2019
11:32

Ontario DB plan finances ‘improved slightly’ as net deficit hits $27B: FSCO

Despite market volatility, Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans have reported a slight improvement in their financial position in recent years, according to the Financial Services…

By: Glenn Kauth
April 14, 2016 September 13, 2019
10:26

Vanguard launches 10 target retirement funds

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. has launched a series of 10 low-cost target retirement funds for qualified institutional investors, including plan sponsors in Canada. These funds are…

By: Staff
April 1, 2016 September 13, 2019
15:00

2016 to be a “year of global adjustments” for financial markets

With energy prices under renewed pressure and an expected U.S. interest rate increase this month, next year will be a period of adjustment following the…

By: Glenn Kauth
December 9, 2015 September 13, 2019
12:13

Canada’s growing retiree population expected to suppress bond yields

Over the next decade, 3.5 million people will reach retirement age — the biggest increase in that cohort in Canadian history. And that means trouble…

By: Sarah Cunningham-Scharf
November 12, 2015 September 13, 2019
10:26

China allows biggest corporate bond default yet

Communist leaders allowed China’s biggest corporate bond default yet on Thursday in a fresh sign of wrenching economic change as growth slows and Beijing gives…

By: Associated Press
November 12, 2015 September 13, 2019
10:18

Is traditional asset allocation dead?

Asset class boundaries have blurred and that means investors may need to take a different approach to asset allocation, a Unigestion report says.

By: Staff
October 6, 2015 September 13, 2019
11:56

Investors ditch emerging markets

Global investors are estimated to have sold US$40 billion worth of emerging market assets in the third quarter of 2015, according to the Institute of…

By: Staff
September 30, 2015 September 13, 2019
07:00

Canadians invest conservatively

Canadians are playing it safe when it comes to investing.

By: Staff
September 24, 2015 September 13, 2019
11:04

Three Asian debt markets you’ve overlooked

Despite an expected rise in U.S. interest rates, obscure or dangerous frontier markets can be a good way to get extra bond yields

By: Yaldaz Sadakova
August 21, 2015 September 13, 2019
07:00

Investors, get ready for the impending demographic shift

The future demographic landscape in developed countries—with increasingly older and fewer workers, as well as aging consumers—will create significant macroeconomic and market challenges all over…

By: Erik Weisman
August 1, 2015 September 13, 2019
07:00

Endowments, foundations still investing in bonds

Endowments and foundations (E&Fs) across Canada are facing investment obstacles, finds a new survey by Morneau Shepell.

By: Staff
June 16, 2015 September 13, 2019
09:42

CPPIB close to buying GE loan assets: report

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is close to buying a large part of General Electric Co.’s private-equity lending arm, Reuters reports. The terms of…

By: Staff
June 8, 2015 September 13, 2019
11:28

How to cope with low interest rates

What’s an investment manager to do in a low interest rate environment?

By: Gérard Bérubé
May 26, 2015 September 13, 2019
07:00

Fixed income opportunities in a low-yield environment

Investors have turned to bonds to provide income, liquidity, stability and diversification.

By: Craig Sebastiano
April 28, 2015 September 13, 2019
12:20

Monetary policy divergence is driving volatility

Monetary policy divergence is driving volatility in local asset values in markets around the world and investors should prepare for this volatility to continue, according…

By: Staff
April 13, 2015 September 13, 2019
11:48

Faith and fixed income in defined benefit pension investment

Canadian pension funds invest in emerging market debt. So why aren’t Islamic bonds, or sukuk, on the table?

By: Yaldaz Sadakova
April 6, 2015 August 1, 2023
07:00

Money managers bullish on equities, alternatives

Despite their continued uncertainty over the outlook for global economic improvement in 2015, a Towers Watson survey finds fund managers remain optimistic about investments in…

By: Staff
April 2, 2015 September 13, 2019
10:05