Watch this video What are some of the most significant changes that have occurred in the investment market over the past 10 years? For Martin Cobb, executive vice-president, portfolio management, with Franklin Templeton Investments, the most substantial change of all hasn’t been with respect to the investments themselves, but rather with how we think about […]
Watch this video John Power, senior vice-president, U.S. equities, with Pyramis Global Advisors, says that investors need to seriously rethink traditional asset allocations. For starters, fixed income investing is due for a significant change, he says. “I don’t see how fixed income, losing money, has a place of 40% in a portfolio anymore.” Watch this […]
Watch this video Benefits Canada interviewed Emilian Groch, the CEO of the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board, at the recent Global Investment Conference, hosted by Canadian Investment Review. Find out what he had to say about his fund’s asset mix and how its portfolio is shifting.
State Street Corp. has been appointed by Manulife Asset Management Ltd. of Toronto to provide investment services for Manulife Asset Management Pooled Funds and Manulife Canadian Real Estate Funds totalling $2.2 billion in assets. State Street will provide custody, investment accounting, financial reporting, transfer agency and record keeping for Manulife Asset Management’s 26 pooled funds, […]
The economic downturn of 2008 exposed the risk in asset allocation products designed in and built for a “Goldilocks” environment of non-inflationary growth. With a changing environment, it is time to revisit the assumptions and models used in the past to construct DC asset allocation products. Most DC plan options employ the traditional 60/40 asset […]
Pension funds can’t afford not to have a view on emerging markets, according to Paul Kapsos, portfolio manager, emerging markets, with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Speaking at the Pension & Benefits Summit on April 28 in Toronto, Kapsos added that the long-term risk/return trade-off has been positive to emerging market equities. But which of […]
Long horizon investments decreasing.
Investors are finally getting the message that they need to save more for their retirement, making an aging population less of a drag and more of a growth driver for the asset management industry, according to a survey of CEOs in the business. The PwC survey found that 68% of CEOs at asset management firms […]
There’s no question volatility was once again at the forefront in 2010. Having started the year off right, the markets quickly deteriorated in the second quarter before surging ahead again in the third and fourth quarters. This type of volatility is likely to continue over the next couple of years as markets respond to an […]
Foreign exchange markets once again face uncertain times. Heightened exchange rate volatility is driving increasing interest on the part of institutional investors in currency hedging strategies focused on mitigating the impact currency fluctuations have on investment returns. The integration of robust and efficient currency hedging tools and policies are a vital component of the investment […]