capital markets – 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: Institutional investors finding opportunities for high-yield in unlikely places https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-gic-coverage-institutional-investors-finding-opportunities-for-high-yield-in-unlikely-places/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:46:14 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=137731 Institutional investors are entering a golden period ripe with opportunities in current global and emerging markets, said Karl Dasher, president of Polen Capital, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Global Investment Conference. From early 2020 to the end of 2021, the market was flooded with liquidity from the unprecedented combination of fiscal stimulus, U.S. Federal Reserve […]

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]]> There’s more pandemic-era punches to come for institutional investors https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/expert-panel-theres-more-pandemic-era-punches-to-come-for-institutional-investors/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:00:37 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=96241 Mike Tyson’s one liner “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” comes to mind when I think of the predicament central banks must confront these days. The plan is, and has been, to keep interest rates low for an extended period. While the punch in the mouth is the building up […]

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]]> Recession may be inevitable, but for how long? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/recession-may-be-inevitable-but-for-how-long/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/recession-may-be-inevitable-but-for-how-long/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:00:03 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/recession-may-be-inevitable-but-for-how-long/ Investors and economists around the world are drastically changing their forecasts as the world enters another week of disruption from the spread of the coronavirus. Indeed, Scotiabank’s updated economic forecast suggests recession is inevitable in many countries, with global growth expected to average 1.3 per cent in 2020, the lowest level since the decline of […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/recession-may-be-inevitable-but-for-how-long/feed/ 0 What Investors Can Learn from eBay Bidders https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-investors-can-learn-from-ebay-bidders/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-investors-can-learn-from-ebay-bidders/#respond Sat, 25 Feb 2017 04:27:28 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-investors-can-learn-from-ebay-bidders/ New research shows auction buyers sometimes overpay: rational ignorance

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-investors-can-learn-from-ebay-bidders/feed/ 0 Canada Scores a C Minus for Flood Preparedness https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/canada-scores-a-c-minus-for-flood-preparedness/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/canada-scores-a-c-minus-for-flood-preparedness/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2017 09:39:28 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/canada-scores-a-c-minus-for-flood-preparedness/ New research shows that it's putting pension assets at risk.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/canada-scores-a-c-minus-for-flood-preparedness/feed/ 0 CIR Call For Papers https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/cir-call-for-papers/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/cir-call-for-papers/#respond Sun, 30 May 2010 04:57:09 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/cir-call-for-papers/ CIR looking for investment-related research.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/cir-call-for-papers/feed/ 0 Shadow Liquidity and the 15-Minute Market Meltdown https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/shadow-liquidity-and-the-15-minute-market-meltdown/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/shadow-liquidity-and-the-15-minute-market-meltdown/#respond Sun, 16 May 2010 10:29:48 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/shadow-liquidity-and-the-15-minute-market-meltdown/ When volume dries up.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/shadow-liquidity-and-the-15-minute-market-meltdown/feed/ 0 Thriving Without an RPP https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/thriving-without-an-rpp/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/thriving-without-an-rpp/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:00:27 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/thriving-without-an-rpp/ The pension debate is front and centre in Ottawa

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/thriving-without-an-rpp/feed/ 0 Denmark > U.S. in Household Debt https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/denmark-u-s-in-household-debt/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/denmark-u-s-in-household-debt/#respond Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:25:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/denmark-u-s-in-household-debt/ Since the US has been the poster child for consumer debt, their showing versus other industrialized nations is surprising – in fact, it’s Denmark who’s actually in the lead.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/denmark-u-s-in-household-debt/feed/ 0 Reality check https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/3869/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/3869/#respond Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:38:18 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/3869/ Real assets held up during the credit crisis—how will they fare post-crisis?

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