alpha risk management – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 02 May 2024 20:20:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 2023 GIC coverage: How OPTrust is building resilient portfolios with help of external managers https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-gic-coverage-how-optrust-is-building-resilient-portfolios-with-help-of-external-managers/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:43:06 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=137887 When investing in external asset managers, pension funds are really investing in teams of people, according to Brandon Gill New, director and head of multi-strategy investing and digital assets at the OPSEU Pension Trust, speaking during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Global Investment Conference. “It’s not like buying a stock or a bond,” she said, […]

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]]> AIMCo sees ‘silver lining’ to higher inflation, interest rates https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/aimco-sees-silver-lining-to-higher-inflation-interest-rates/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:00:30 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=134292 Marlene Puffer, chief investment officer of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., believes many public market asset classes are under-priced as a result of inflation and interest rate hikes in 2022. “The persistent rise in inflation caught many central banks off guard, forcing them to undertake the most aggressive interest rate hiking cycle seen in decades,” […]

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]]> 2022 IIC coverage: Pension funds urged to leverage value, profitability model https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2022-iic-coverage-pension-funds-urged-to-leverage-value-profitability-model/ Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:48:59 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131070 Value and profitability are inextricably linked and, when they’re combined in a portfolio, institutional investors can garner a healthy premium, said Sunil Wahal, professor of finance at Arizona State University, during a session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2022 Investment Innovation Conference. He likened the investment approach to building a hockey team, noting the goal […]

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]]> 2022 Risk Management Conference: Long-term implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for emerging market investors https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/emerging-global-markets-canadian-investment-review/2022-risk-management-conference-long-term-implications-of-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-for-emerging-market-investors/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:48:06 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=126696 For years prior to the Russia-Ukraine war, there were murmurs about deglobalization as geostrategic tensions grew, nationalism flared worldwide and the coronavirus pandemic stressed global supply chains, said Seth Weingram, senior vice-president and director of client advisory at Acadian Asset Management, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2022 Risk Management Conference. Since the invasion, that discussion […]

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