Many DB pension plan sponsors in Canada are revising their investment strategies to focus more on risk management in order to better manage funded status, contributions and financial statement volatility.
There’s nary a bull or bear to be seen on Bay Street these days. That’s because we’re in a sideways market. That was the message Kim Shannon, president and chief investment officer of Sionna Investment Managers, presented at the firm’s Financial Market Review in Toronto yesterday.
How can investors achieve returns in a sideways market? At Legg Mason’s Global Investment Forum on May 1, 2012, Steven Bleiberg, president and CEO of Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation, provided a brief economic overview and suggested strategies for institutional investors.
The first quarter of 2012 was a good one for active managers in the large cap Canadian equity space, as two-thirds beat the S&P/TSX Composite Index, according to the Russell Active Manager Report.
More important today than ever before is having a retirement savings portfolio that’s balanced between capital preservation and capital accumulation. To help members achieve this, plan sponsors need to consider TDFs, a relatively underappreciated asset class.
Halifax-based SEAMARK Asset Management Ltd. has completed a transaction with LeeSide Capital Management Inc. to acquire LeeSide's assets under management. SEAMARK is the institutional subsidiary of Matrix Asset Management Inc.
Amidst roiling equity markets, many have said the days of the equity risk premium are over; however, according to our keynote speaker, it’s not only alive and well, but there are also new risk premia that investors must consider to capture opportunities in today’s markets.
Asset managers PIMCO and Vanguard received the highest brand ratings among U.S. institutional investors, according to a recent report by Cogent Research.
The latest Pension Index from Towers Watson shows that, despite improved asset returns in the fourth quarter of 2011, pension funding levels in major global markets dropped over the year due to declining discount rates and disappointing asset returns.
A new report from Vanguard discusses the investment management firm’s outlook for the U.S. economy and markets over the next decade.