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Are Sovereign Wealth Funds Making Good Decisions?

IMF paper argues crisis might have changed them for the worst.

  • March 16, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 09:46
Trends in Global Real Estate

Coverage of the 2010 Investment Innovation Conference.

  • By: Jack Foster
  • February 1, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 08:50
Institutional investor challenges 2011

As the global financial crisis continues to create volatility in investment markets, institutional investors need to keep a number of “new realities” in mind as they plan their strategy for 2011, according to Mercer in New York. “Although economic and financial confidence is tentatively returning to some Western countries, the crisis has wreaked havoc on […]

  • By: Staff
  • January 31, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 13:48
How pension plans can use ETFs

Small and medium-size institutional investors are increasingly utilizing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to efficiently implement investment strategies that used to be the exclusive domain of large institutional investment funds. Most discussions about the use of ETFs tend to focus on the benefits they offer to retail investors. Indeed, most passively managed index tracking ETFs are a […]

Understanding Longevity Risk

And why it's getting harder to manage.

Longevity Risk: Our Latest Blog

Regular insights on one of your top liabilities.

  • January 12, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 10:46
Crisis Creates Opportunity for WCB-Alberta

Coverage of the 2010 Investment Innovation Conference.

  • By: Dave Lawson
  • January 5, 2011 September 13, 2019
  • 16:43
How Correlated Are Equity Markets?

ETFs could be moving markets to lock-step but opinions are divided.

  • December 14, 2010 September 13, 2019
  • 09:06

(Canadian Investment Review) – Professor Edward Kane, keynote speaker at this year’s Investment Innovation Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, discussed the “taxpayer put” in the U.S. and Europe and the expectation that citizens will pay to fix a poorly regulated financial system. Kane is professor of finance at Boston College and a founding member of the […]

Some Innovation Can Be Harmful to Your Health

Financial engineering can cause more harm than untested medicines.