With strong economic growth, emerging market equities were supposed to be a one-way ticket up. But it’s not a short flight.
Here’s a review of the people on the move in March 2014
Little has changed in modern portfolio views over the last few decades. Many institutional money managers and plan sponsors have been working with the simple strategy of splitting their investments and exposures between equities and fixed income. More often than not, this results in a 60/40 weighting of equities and bonds, respectively, with the idea that this amount of diversification will weather volatile markets and produce suitable returns.
Here's a review of people on the move in February 2014.
They're less expensive here than anywhere else: Mercer.
Ambachtsheer's proposed retirement income fix.
Canada is the cheapest location to insure retiree DB pension obligations and the United Kingdom is the most expensive location, according to data produced by Mercer.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered what he called a “boring” federal budget.
Is that light we see at the end of the tunnel? It certainly could be—Canadian DB pension plans ended 2013 in the best shape they’ve been in for over a decade according to the Mercer Pension Health Index. And the median solvency ratio is also on the rise, up to 93.4% at the end of 2013—an impressive 24.8 points higher than it was a year ago according to Aon Hewitt.
Swiss-based institutional asset investment manager Unigestion has opened up an office in Toronto.