The hedge fund industry is still growing and with pension funds investing in them, there is need for greater transparency. That’s according to Gary Witt, managing director, alternative investments with Moody’s Investor Service in New York. Speaking at a CIBC Mellon breakfast seminar in Toronto, Witt estimated that global hedge fund assets under management stand […]
Tobacco, weapons, child labour, shady executives: some investors think these things are bad enough to avoid while others are not as concerned. In the pension world, avoiding the bad stuff used to be called ethical investing, and then socially responsible investing(SRI). These days, the term environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)is making waves, even at […]
It’s not too far-fetched to assume that if one sees a problem coming, one would try to avoid it by making a change or taking an offensive stance. But that doesn’t appear to be the case for plan sponsors. A new report from the Ottawa-based Conference Board of Canada shows that Canadian plan sponsors admittedly […]
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the February 2006 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Reaching out – 2006 Custody Report Many custodians looked beyond Canada in 2006 as they invested in new technological systems and new partners that can transition their largest clients into international investments. But are institutional […]
The Foreign Property Rule is on its way out. What is the mindset of plan sponsors as they look to reassess their asset allocation mix? With the surprise announcement by the Liberal government eliminating the foreign property rule(FPR) from pension investments, plan sponsors have been given a whole new investment world to consider. And with […]