Sounding Board: How OPTrust builds long-term sustainability
We’ve been called Maple Revolutionaries and the new masters of the universe. For years now, it has been a heady thing to be one of…
- By: Hugh O’Reilly
- March 11, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:35
Latest news in Investment Strategies
Caisse to invest in renewable energy in India
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has announced its commitment to invest US$150 million in renewable energy in India as it establishes a CDPQ…
- By: Staff
- March 9, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:45
Pension longevity swaps and bulk-annuity deals to increase in 2016
The number of U.K. company pension schemes entering into longevity swaps and bulk-annuity deals in 2016 is expected to increase due to schemes recognizing the importance…
- By: Staff
- March 7, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 10:14
Why high-frequency trading is here to stay
You can just imagine 19th-century blue-blooded jaws dropping when stock traders reportedly started the practice of sending runners across exchange floors to place bids and…
- By: Philip Porado and Sara Tatelman
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:13
What should institutional investors expect from the real estate market in 2016?
Canada’s economic conditions gradually improved in the second half of 2015 as the country climbed out of a technical recession. But as the economic tailwinds…
- By: Suzanne Sharma and Glenn Kauth
- February 22, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:09
92% of pension funds plan to upgrade governance: report
The vast majority (92%) of pension funds are planning to upgrade their governance model over the next 12 months, according to new research by State…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- February 17, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:08
CPP fund ended 2015 up nearly $10 billion in assets
The CPP fund ended 2015 with net assets of $282.6 billion, compared to $272.9 billion at the end of the previous quarter, according to the latest…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- February 10, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:08
Canada’s pension funds pulling back on global infrastructure
Canada’s largest pension funds are walking away from more and more global infrastructure deals, saying that competition for assets has driven valuations too far, according to…
- By: Staff
- February 5, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:29
Low equity market returns expected in medium term: survey
Canada’s top economists, strategists and portfolio managers expect tepid growth for Canada in the near term, which will result in continued low interest rates, modest…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- January 28, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:52
CPPIB and Brookfield compete to acquire Australian company
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners are in competition to acquire Australian logistics and transport company Asciano. The company announced Thursday that it had…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- January 28, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:49
Institutional investors to embrace active management in 2016
Large institutional investors expect to embrace active management in 2016 to combat macro-economic trends, anticipated market volatility and divergent monetary policy, according to a new…
- By: Staff
- January 28, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:18
Use futures for commodities plays
Whether they’re up or down, you can almost always make a case for participating in commodities markets as long as you can stomach the dizzying…
- By: Dean DiSpalatro
- January 18, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 12:02
Watering the portfolio’s weeds
In my last article I highlighted the evolution in the way that assets have been managed and the growth in closet indexing in the investment…
- By: Ryan Kuruliak
- January 14, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:30
This year, choose equities over fixed income: report
Market volatility will continue into 2016, but investors shouldn’t be discouraged. They’ll still benefit more from equities than fixed income, and there may be some…
- By: Staff
- January 11, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:40
Americans becoming more retirement ready
People are saving more for retirement and investing more appropriately for their age, improving the overall state of retirement readiness in the U.S., according to a…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- January 8, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:17
A short-term approach to long-term returns
A conversation with Joe Overdevest, portfolio manager at Pyramis Global Advisors After six years as an analyst, Joe Overdevest became a portfolio manager in October…
- By: Jessica Bruno
- November 12, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 13:13
Don’t abandon Chinese stocks
Recent volatility on the Chinese stock market is a timely reminder that, in the shorter term, share prices depend on many factors—not least of which…
- By: Craig Bodenstab
- November 12, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 12:55
Ignore currency risk at your own peril
Currency’s made headlines for the last decade with the spectacular rise and fall of the Canadian dollar. Once lowly, the loonie has, in recent years,…
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- November 12, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 12:48
ETFs are making headway as long-term holding options
ETFs hit a few important new milestones this year. They turned 25 (the first ETF was born in Toronto in 1989), their assets surpassed those…
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- October 23, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
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
Using a queue for managing liquidity risk
In the first article of this series, I considered a pension plan’s total fund liquidity needs. The second article looked at the use of a…
- By: Jonathan Jacob
- September 25, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 12:12
Why do money managers use derivatives?
Many retail mutual funds and ETFs use derivatives. For insights into the roles played by these instruments, Advisor.ca spoke with Steve Hawkins, CIO and co-CEO…
- By: Staff
- September 23, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 10:46
Hedge funds bounce back in July
Hedge funds in July bounced into recovery, gaining 0.27%, according to the Eurekahedge Report.
- By: Staff
- August 18, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 10:57
Institutional investors favour global macro strategies
Global macro strategies continue to be the most favoured strategy by institutional investors globally, finds Credit Suisse's mid-year hedge fund investor sentiment survey.
- By: Staff
- July 29, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 11:31
Are small plans investing in hedge funds?
When it comes to pension plans and hedge funds, size matters. That message came across loud and clear last fall when the US$298-billion California Public…
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- July 2, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 00:01