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…
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…
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…
Asset class boundaries have blurred and that means investors may need to take a different approach to asset allocation, a Unigestion report says.
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…
Canadians are playing it safe when it comes to investing.
Despite an expected rise in U.S. interest rates, obscure or dangerous frontier markets can be a good way to get extra bond yields
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…
Endowments and foundations (E&Fs) across Canada are facing investment obstacles, finds a new survey by Morneau Shepell.
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…
What’s an investment manager to do in a low interest rate environment?
Investors have turned to bonds to provide income, liquidity, stability and diversification.
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…
Canadian pension funds invest in emerging market debt. So why aren’t Islamic bonds, or sukuk, on the table?
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…
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the world's first exchange-traded fund.
Taking an absolute return approach to bonds may make them attractive again
BNY Mellon has been appointed fiscal agent, registrar, principal paying agent and transfer agent by the Province of Ontario for the issuance of its first…
The evolving annuity: where it’s been and where it’s going
Interest rates in Canada will likely remain low for an extended period of time, as the Bank of Canada (BoC) appears in no rush to…
Bond guru Bill Gross predicts 2015 won't be a very good year.
Canadian and global institutional investment managers expect equities and alternative assets to substantially outperform bonds this year, finds Mercer’s 2015 Fearless Forecast.
Which direction will stocks and bonds go this year? How will the drop in oil prices affect the economy?
Heading into 2015 it’s fair to say our mindset is more cautious. We remain bullish overall toward equities, but we do see greater risks. It’s…
World economic growth is likely to remain frustratingly fragile for some time, says Vanguard’s Economic and Investment Outlook.