Conference Coverage – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: Can institutional investors expect a recession in 2024? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-defined-benefit-investment-forum-can-institutional-investors-expect-a-recession-in-2024/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:00:31 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=149933 The “most widely anticipated recession in history” could arrive in 2024, said Eric Lascelles, chief economist at RBC Global Asset Management, during the keynote session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum in December. “This is still an environment in which higher rates are exerting quite a profound drag on economic growth, […]

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]]> Coverage of the 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/coverage-of-the-2023-defined-benefit-investment-forum/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:00:16 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150321 On Dec. 6, the Canadian Investment Review hosted its annual Defined Benefit Investment Forum. With the close of a year marred by financial fragility and global discontent, leaders from Canada’s defined benefit pension plan sponsor community gathered to shed light on the challenging economic landscape of 2023 and make informed predictions about the hurdles and opportunities ahead. Here’s what […]

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]]> 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: Housing unaffordability may launch ‘generational move’ toward multi-family segment https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-defined-benefit-investment-forum-housing-unaffordability-may-launch-generational-move-toward-multi-family-segment/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:59:20 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150766 Canada has a real estate “supply and demand crisis” that is likely to get worse in the coming years with ineffectual government intervention and central bank policies and not-in-my-backyard movements stymying development, said Aaron Pittman, senior vice-president and head of Canadian institutional investments at Equiton, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum […]

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]]> 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: How exposure to multi-family real estate can optimize risk-adjusted returns https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-defined-benefit-investment-forum-how-exposure-to-multi-family-real-estate-can-optimize-risk-adjusted-returns/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:58:34 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150741 Multi-family real estate is set up for long-term sustained returns given the extreme dislocation between housing supply and demand in Canada and record-high federal immigration targets, said Michael Tsourounis, managing partner and head of real estate at Hazelview Investments, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum in December. He noted while Canada […]

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]]> 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: How quality investing can help plan sponsors navigate uncertain markets https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-defined-benefit-investment-forum-how-quality-investing-can-help-plan-sponsors-navigate-uncertain-markets/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:57:36 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150452 A quality investing strategy has some of the same benefits of a well-made pair of sneakers, said Ranjit Sufi, managing director and head of institutional services for Aristotle Capital Management, during a fireside chat at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum in December. For Sufi, the importance of quality dates back to […]

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]]> 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: Managing liquidity through listed assets https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-defined-benefit-investment-forum-managing-liquidity-through-listed-assets/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:56:34 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150437 After the simultaneous sell-off of both equities and bonds in the first half of 2022, many defined benefit pension plan sponsors were forced to “pay much more attention to the liquidity profiles of their portfolios” and manage risk by implementing a temporary policy reprieve, halting new investment activity or selling assets in the secondary market, […]

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]]> 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: The value of active management in emerging markets https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-defined-benefit-investment-forum-the-value-of-active-management-in-emerging-markets/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:55:57 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150778 With historic perceptions of emerging markets and equities no longer matching reality, institutional investors have the opportunity to scoop up good companies at low valuations, said Kamil Dimmich, portfolio manager for the emerging markets equity strategy at Pacific North of South Capital, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum in December. While he […]

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]]> 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: How policy-makers, plan sponsors can manage, mitigate cybersecurity risks https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-defined-benefit-investment-forum-how-policy-makers-plan-sponsors-can-manage-mitigate-cybersecurity-risks/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:54:05 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=149932 Pension plan sponsors must effectively employ care, diligence and skill when facing cybersecurity threats, said Sandeep Kakan, board trustee and secretary at the Canada-Wide Industrial Pension Plan, during a session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum in December. Cybersecurity concerns are rising in the aftermath of the MOVEit hack, which compromised […]

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]]> Coverage of the 2023 Investment Innovation Conference https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/coverage-of-the-2023-investment-innovation-conference/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:00:59 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=149624 The era of predictable monetary policy and global co-operation is over. In this new epoch, defined by sweeping government intervention, geopolitical realignment and environmental catastrophe, new ideas must be embraced. At the 2023 Investment Innovation Conference at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, Calif. on  Nov. 15-17, leading academics and industry figures provided expert summaries […]

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]]> 2023 Investment Innovation Conference: How emerging medical technology is disrupting traditional health-care investments https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-investment-innovation-conference-how-emerging-medical-technology-is-disrupting-traditional-health-care-investments/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:00:18 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=149007 Innovations in medical technology in the next 10 years could unlock a new dawn of health investments that will make the last decade look slow in comparison, said Daniel Kraft, a Stanford University and Harvard University trained physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur and investor, during the keynote session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference […]

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