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Beta Revisited

Fama and French teach some lessons on theory versus practice. Beta is the well-known risk coefficient in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) for pricing…

In Sickness and in Wealth

Volatile markets have taken their toll on the Top 40 Money Managers of 2008. But they recognize that this crisis, too, will pass. This Top…

Volatile Times

In a difficult economic environment, Canadian pension plan sponsors are willing to sacrifice higher returns for stability. The U.S. credit crunch and resulting market uncertainty…

Practice Made Perfect

Understanding best practices helps plan sponsors ensure that their investment managers measure up. Have you ever wondered how your investment managers’ processes stack up against…

Another Perfect Storm?

Pension funds may be about to experience the second perfect hundred year storm in this decade. With Canadian stock markets already down this year and…

Rough Ride

A road map to investing in volatile markets. Gut-wrenching periods of market volatility are hardly new. In the world of investment management, they come with…

Socially Responsible Investment Soars

Socially responsible investing (SRI) is not only gaining in popularity in the United States, but is growing at a faster pace than the broader universe…

  • By: Jody White
  • March 7, 2008 September 13, 2019
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T. Rowe Price Launches Floating Rate Bank Loan Strategy

T. Rowe Price is expanding its institutional investment offerings by launching the floating rate bank loan strategy. It seeks high current income with lower interest-rate…

Caisse Will Explain ABCP Exposure: Reports

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s chairman and CEO is expected to go before the provincial legislature’s finance committee to explain the organization’s…

Avoid Knee-Jerk Reaction to Credit Crisis

Pension fund investors should refrain from taking a reactive approach to the recent credit crunch or trying to make short-term adjustments to their portfolios to…

  • By: Don Bisch
  • November 8, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Pension Investing: Lessons in Credit Risk

Pension investors shouldn’t rely solely on rating agencies to determine the quality of fixed income investments. Fixed income vehicles provide pension funds with the required…

Smart Money Playing it Safe

Recent market gyrations have captured the attention of investors who may question whether the end is nigh for the four-year bull-run on global equity markets.…

  • By: Steven Lamb
  • August 13, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Tips on picking an investment consultant

Few choices have a greater impact on the performance and overall operations of institutional pension funds than the selection of an investment consultant. A report…

Getting the fundamentals

Fundamentals-weighted index strategies allow plan sponsors to mitigate risks in markets that are overly concentrated. Evidence suggests that long-term returns from fundamentals-weighted index strategies can…

Managing high-performing “alphas”

Investment management professionals are typically hard-driven individuals determined to win at all costs, take no prisoners and beat the competition/benchmark. So how does one manage…

Bad habits of(otherwise)highly effective money managers

The institutional investor community is a close-knit one, and one that relies heavily on the effectiveness of a strong working relationship between the three decision-makers:…

Pension investing: A closer look

If it’s worth doing in the pension world, it’s worth doing slowly. This guidance has served pension plan sponsors well. Assets represent the security of…

SSgA creates active Canadian fixed income strategy

State Street Global Advisors(SSgA)has launched its active Canadian fixed income strategy, a risk-controlled approach for core fixed income investors. The strategy is designed to add…

Decisions, decisions

Business trusts must choose a new path. But which way will they go? Income trusts might have been dealt a major blow last Halloween, but…

Going into debt

Alpha can be found in credit-based debt strategies. In practice, pure alpha is difficult to achieve. Entry points are important, and these are driven by…

  • By: John Pluta
  • March 1, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Managing risk and reality

Don’t use short-term thinking when implementing long-term strategies. Pension obligations usually stretch 50 to 60 years into the future. As such the pension management goal…

Quantitative trading

The predictive power and economic effectiveness of trading strategies. The moving average is considered to be an effective tool to reveal trends. It ostensibly removes…

  • By: Matey Gerov
  • December 1, 2006 September 13, 2019
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Back to basics

An overview of fixed income products and new trends. Ask some Canadian plan sponsors about the value that bonds add to a pension portfolio and…

Batting 1000?

Ratios, averages and manager selection. The Information Ratio(IR)is commonly used to measure the success or failure of money managers. Conceptually, it’s simply the ratio of…

Getting the most out of bonds

With no FPR, it’s time to go global with fixed income. With removal of the foreign content restriction, Canadian fixed income investors can use this…