Alibaba – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 26 Apr 2024 20:02:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Looking beyond the U.S. for quality fundamentals at the right price https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/looking-beyond-the-us-for-quality-fundamentals-at-the-right-price/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/looking-beyond-the-us-for-quality-fundamentals-at-the-right-price/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2020 03:52:04 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/looking-beyond-the-us-for-quality-fundamentals-at-the-right-price/ US equities have dominated their global peers over the past decade. As of 30 June, the S&P 500 had returned 14.5 per cent per annum since hitting bottom during the global financial crisis in March 2009 compared to only 7.6 per cent for the MSCI All-Country World ex-USA Index. The outperformance of US shares isn’t […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/looking-beyond-the-us-for-quality-fundamentals-at-the-right-price/feed/ 0 How CN Rail pension, ATRF tackled liquidity as markets crashed https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-defensive-strategies-played-out-for-cn-rail-pension-atrf-as-markets-crashed/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-defensive-strategies-played-out-for-cn-rail-pension-atrf-as-markets-crashed/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2020 08:06:35 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-defensive-strategies-played-out-for-cn-rail-pension-atrf-as-markets-crashed/ When the coronavirus pushed equity markets off a cliff, Canadian defined benefit pension plans had to mobilize to address a number of concerns. The Canadian National Railway Co. pension recently shifted towards a more defensive investment strategy, said Marlene Puffer, president and chief executive officer for the CN investment division of the company, at a […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-defensive-strategies-played-out-for-cn-rail-pension-atrf-as-markets-crashed/feed/ 0 Digging into equities in developed Asia and the Pacific https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/digging-into-equities-in-developed-asia-and-the-pacific/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/digging-into-equities-in-developed-asia-and-the-pacific/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2019 06:27:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/digging-into-equities-in-developed-asia-and-the-pacific/ Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s economic policies, known as ‘Abenomics,’ have led to big improvements in corporate governance in the country, says Iain Campbell, a portfolio manager for the Baillie Gifford Overseas Fund. While there’s been a lot of discussion about whether Abenomics is working, the improvements in corporate governance are coming through in how […]

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