Last year, corporate bond issuance in Canada exceeded $100 billion for the first time. On the surface, this milestone would appear to signal the initial…
As interest rates rise, investors should rethink their fixed income approach
Sun Life Investment Management is launching three pooled funds that focus on private fixed income, commercial mortgages and real estate assets.
Investors looking for an opportunity to increase yield while rates remain historically low, and simultaneously position their portfolios for potentially rising rates, may want to…
Fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are poised to take on a bigger role in institutional portfolios, according to a new report.
Investment consultants, institutional asset owners and intermediaries worldwide forecast significant fixed income restructuring this year amid concern about rising interest rates and a jump in…
Fixed income investors are faced with something of a catch-22. On the one hand, interest rates remain relatively low despite some recent increases, and when…
The Canadian Securities Administrators has published for comment proposed amendments relating to the short-term debt prospectus exemption in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions.
Catastrophe bonds make a "very strong investment," says Phil Cook, chief executive officer of Omega Insurance Holdings.
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has reissued for comment its revised debt transaction reporting rule proposal for more timely surveillance and enhanced…
West Face Capital has launched the West Face Alternative Credit Fund Group, designed to invest primarily in privately negotiated credits.
Persistently low interest rates, combined with the threat of a rising rate environment in the not-too-distant future, are causing investors to cast a wider net…
The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is proposing that the federal government issue ultra-long bonds—bonds that have a maturity of 40 years or more.
Bond market challenges are sending pension plans large and small in search of alternative strategies
It looked as if the long wait for higher interest rates was finally over back in May. That’s when U.S. Federal Reserve Chief, Ben Bernanke,…
TD Asset Management (TDAM) has launched a new set of global and U.S. active fundamental equity strategies for Canadian institutional investors.
The past few years have been difficult for DB pension plans in Canada. Continued equity market volatility and, until recently, extremely low interest rates have…
A report finds that institutional investor appetite for real estate debt investments has grown dramatically over the last two years.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has raised its forecast on 10-year U.S. Treasury yields following positive jobs data on Friday.
When we hear the term fixed income, most of us think about bonds issued by corporations and various levels of government. In today’s world of…
SEI has launched a long duration credit bond fund, which is designed to help Canadian DB plan sponsors minimize pension expense volatility by enabling them…
The old approach to investing needs to be revisited, according to a report from Russell Investments Canada.
Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. has introduced a new fund for Canadian investors looking to minimize the effects of changing currency valuations on their global equity…
The removal of the foreign property rule (FPR) in 2005 enabled tax-deferred retirement plans to diversify outside of the country. But many large pension plans…
A key goal for plan sponsors is to align the duration of a portfolio with its liabilities—in general, strive to mitigate the risk of pension…