If investors want to make a long bet on China, how should they do it? The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Hillhouse Capital Group and Caixin Global Ltd. hosted a roundtable on Nov. 27 in Beijing to discuss the topic, along with the findings of a survey of more than 180 listed Chinese companies across 28 […]
Investors make decisions every day about how to allocate the monies entrusted to them, including choices which asset classes, which markets and which managers to select. Asset allocation and asset liability studies help to determine the trade-off between risk and return, which translates into an asset mix. From there, investors decide on how to invest […]
Canadian defined benefit pension plans experienced a modest third quarter, according to separate reports by BNY Mellon Asset Management Canada Ltd. and Northern Trust Corp. The 87 plans included in BNY Mellon’s tracking service saw a 0.55 per cent return in the third quarter of 2017. Those tracked by Northern Trust saw a negative 0.7 per cent […]
Marshmallows can teach us all the benefits of long-term thinking.
Macroeconomic trends such as longer lives, a lack of access to pensions and retirement supports, a low-growth environment, and persistent lack of financial literacy and trust in financial markets are creating a significant retirement savings gap between what people require in retirement and what they’ve actually saved. This is a global issue. But in Canada alone, […]
Great-West Life Assurance Co.’s European subsidiary the Canada Life Group Ltd. is acquiring financial services provider Retirement Advantage. Based in Britain, Retirement Advantage was created in 2015 when funds managed by TDR Capital LLP merged the retirement income and equity release divisions of MGM Advantage Life Ltd. and Stonehaven Equity Release. The company has more […]
While Great-West Lifeco Inc. is reporting a decline in earnings for the second quarter of 2017, the company saw improvements on an adjusted basis as it achieved solid sales results in Canada. On Thursday, the company reported net earnings attributable to common shareholders of $585 million for the period ending on June 30, 2017. While that […]
Chartered professional accountant Chris Coben wanted to work internationally so he could experience how a different country approaches the type of work he does. At the same time, he was looking for an opportunity to travel. That’s why Coben, an audit manager at Collins Barrow Calgary LLP, headed to Britain on an international secondment program […]
Managing volatility across time horizons.
Will Canada follow Europe’s lead on reporting?