Investors demand forward-looking tech tools
A new report from State Street Corp has found that current financial services tools and investing technology only provides investors with a glimpse in the…
- By: Staff
- April 14, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 14:08
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Boost financial literacy to improve retirement savings
The continuing demographic shift has put the retirement income issue into the spotlight and prompted discussion between government, the private sector and Canadians. But people’s…
- By: Neil Faba
- April 8, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 13:10
Standard Life Mutual Funds proposes line-up changes
Standard Life Mutual Funds Ltd. has proposed changes to the investment objectives of five of its funds: Standard Life Global Monthly Income Fund, Standard Life…
- By: Staff
- April 4, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 14:00
BlackRock names new institutional head
BlackRock has named Edwin Conway as head of its U.S. and Canadian institutional businesses, which oversee $1.1 trillion in assets. Prior to joining BlackRock, Conway…
- By: Staff
- April 1, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 09:56
Sprott Private Wealth names CEO
Sprott Inc. has named David Franklin CEO of Sprott Private Wealth LP, a business unit of the company that provides wealth management services to high…
- By: Staff
- March 28, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 11:31
Examining portfolio risk
Portfolio measurement is usually performed by the calculation of returns. But returns alone do not describe the performance of a portfolio. It is essential to…
- By: Jonathan Jacob
- March 28, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 11:07
Russell survey shows investment shift toward U.S.
A majority of investment managers remain in favour of Canadian equities, while an increasing number of managers expect U.S. equities to provide growth in the…
- By: Staff
- March 25, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 13:12
Buck offers global advisor network for pensions
Buck Consultants has launched a new service—Buck Global Investment Advisors (BGIA)—designed to offer pension plan and endowment clients access to a broader range of fund…
- March 24, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 12:05
Mercer expands responsible investment unit
Mercer has announced an expansion in its global responsible investment consulting business, naming Richard Fuller and Ryan Pollice to the team. Fuller will be based…
- By: Staff
- March 21, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 11:00
TMX launches new dark order types
TMX Group has announced the integration of two new on-book dark order types—Dark Mid-point and Dark Limit Orders—into the existing order books on Toronto Stock…
- By: Steven Lamb
- March 16, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 11:40
You said it: remarks from around the web
Several of the stories we’ve run on BenefitsCanada.com over the past few weeks have triggered a lot of discussion. When we asked if convicted felons…
- By: April Scott-Clarke
- March 15, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 13:48
CC&L launches private real estate unit
Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group has formed a new private equity real estate venture. Crestpoint Real Estate Investments Ltd. will offer institutional and high…
- By: Staff
- March 10, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 10:33
Chinese regulator calls for pension funds to boost investments
Zhu Congjiu, assistant to the chair of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), told reporters in Beijing today that China should allow pension funds to…
- By: Staff
- March 7, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 13:46
Canadians raiding their RRSPs: BMO
After months of being lectured on their debt accumulation habits, Canadians have apparently taken up another bad habit, in part to combat the first: raiding…
- By: Steven Lamb
- February 28, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 13:44
The future of DB: currency hedging?
As a plan sponsor for a defined benefits (DB) program, what keeps you up at night? Is it volatility? Is it the funded status of…
- By: April Scott-Clarke
- February 17, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 14:38
U.S. economy will boost growth in Canada: Laurentian Bank
There’s a sunny outlook for the U.S. economy, which may be positioned to outperform in 2011, according to Laurentian Bank. The U.S. economy has already…
- By: Steven Lamb
- February 16, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 14:11
Study: why climate change matters to investors
Climate change has investment implications that could cost institutional investors trillions of dollars, according to a study by Mercer. The research, conducted in conjunction with…
- By: Staff
- February 15, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 13:43
TMX to merge with LSE
TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, has announced that it will merge with the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The result would be a…
- By: Steven Lamb
- February 9, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 10:25
Why markets can’t save the pension promise
From Investmentreview.ca With most Canadian private-sector workers lacking access to a defined benefit (DB) pension plan – and with the ones who do facing Nortel-like…
- By: Scot Blythe
- February 4, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 10:18
Large cap growth managers get better Q4 returns
New data from the Russell Active Manager Report shows Canadian large cap growth managers in Canada gained 11.1% in the final quarter of 2010, their…
- By: Dean DiSpalatro
- February 2, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 15:21
A shift in investment strategies
The past couple of years of market turbulence have resulted in a growing shift from active investment management strategies to passive ones and an increasing…
- By: Staff
- February 2, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 13:55
Stock options: hazardous to your tax health?
Optimizing the tax treatment of stock options in employees’ hands has long been a staple of Canadian executive compensation design and tax planning. No less…
- By: Gary Nachshen
- January 31, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 12:38
How pension plans can use ETFs
Small and medium-size institutional investors are increasingly utilizing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to efficiently implement investment strategies that used to be the exclusive domain of large…
- By: Howard J. Atkinson
- January 27, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 14:24
Investors frozen like deer in headlights
If you needed reassurance that Canadians do, in fact, need financial advice, it’s here. Despite a dominant belief that now is a good time to…
- By: Steven Lamb
- January 27, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 14:10
Global investor confidence down
Investor confidence is waning on a global basis, according to the latest reading of the State Street Global Markets Investor Confidence Index. Developed by Harvard…
- By: Staff
- January 26, 2011 September 13, 2019
- 13:28