It looked as if the long wait for higher interest rates was finally over back in May. That’s when U.S. Federal Reserve Chief, Ben Bernanke, made comments heard by bond investors around the world: he hinted the Fed had imminent plans to slow down or “taper” its historic bond buying program.
Hunting for alpha isn’t just about stock picking, say three portfolio managers.
Assessing the collateral damage from the great QE2 turnaround.
Why institutional trades might be harder for APs.
To help their plan members prepare for retirement, DC plan sponsors need to complete the accumulation-to-de-accumulation cycle Retirement security for Canadians is clearly one of today’s big issues. It’s a hot topic for pundits and politicians. It’s the reason the federal government has introduced the Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act and financial institutions have been […]
Active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are critical to the future of the industry. However, Knight Capital’s Reginald Browne says, when it comes to institutional trades, active ETFs are a bit more challenging for a market-maker.
Experts discuss how exchange-traded funds are moving markets.
At a Toronto roundtable, experts discuss how exchange-traded funds are moving markets and whether or not investors need to worry.
In the early 2000s, the world seemed to be behaving pretty much as it should, or at least the way many institutional investors wanted it to. The risk-reward mantra worked well, in that risk (at least occasionally) was rewarded. Investors could see (and bet on) big trends continuing, such as the bull market in bonds, which was in full swing and building a momentum that would carry it into this decade. Diversification worked, too—different asset classes behaved, well, differently, which let investors take on risk in certain places while hedging their bets elsewhere.
Most discussions on evolution involve an investigation into the catalysts for change. DC plan sponsors, then, can look to DB investors’ evolutionary path to gain insight on future trends.