dividends – 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 The value of stock selection in a low-return world https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/the-value-of-stock-selection-in-a-low-return-world/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/the-value-of-stock-selection-in-a-low-return-world/#respond Fri, 13 Nov 2020 04:08:40 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-value-of-stock-selection-in-a-low-return-world/ Despite this year’s extreme volatility, the past ten years have been an extraordinary time to be an equity investor. This can be seen by looking at the so-called equity risk premium, which is simply the difference between returns on global stock markets and risk-free assets, such as U.S. dollar bank deposits. Over the very long […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/the-value-of-stock-selection-in-a-low-return-world/feed/ 0 Dividend payments, pension deficits among topics in new government consultation https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/dividend-payments-pension-deficits-among-topics-in-new-government-consultation/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/dividend-payments-pension-deficits-among-topics-in-new-government-consultation/#respond Wed, 28 Nov 2018 05:11:39 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/dividend-payments-pension-deficits-among-topics-in-new-government-consultation/ The federal government is asking Canadians to weigh in on a consultation paper that tackles issues related to underfunding, insolvency and pension plans. The topics open for comment include that dividend payments, share redemptions and executive compensation packages could be restricted under the Canada Business Corporations Act if a company has a large pension deficit. […]

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