exchange-traded funds – 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 Ontario Teachers’ co-sponsoring new Indian renewable energy fund, OPTrust considers selling stake in Spain transport infrastructure company https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/ontario-teachers-co-sponsoring-new-indian-renewable-energy-fund-optrust-considers-selling-40-stake-in-spain-transport-infrastructure-company/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:00:16 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150739 The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is co-sponsoring a new India-based infrastructure investment trust holding assets in the renewable energy space. The new fund raised US$165 million as part of an initial units offer and made its debut on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. this week. “This milestone not only reinforces our commitment to invest […]

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]]> Majority of global institutional investors expecting to increase ETF exposure: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/majority-of-global-institutional-investors-expecting-to-increase-etf-exposure-report/ Tue, 02 May 2023 16:30:45 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=137112 The majority (61 per cent) of global institutional investors are considering increasing their allocations to exchange-traded funds in the next year, down significantly from 82 per cent in 2022, according to a survey by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., a private investment bank. The survey, which polled 325 global institutional investors, including institutional investors and […]

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]]> Attracted by liquidity, institutional investors broadening use of ETFs https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/attracted-by-liquidity-institutional-investors-broadening-use-of-etfs/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:01:45 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=99314 Last spring, when fixed income markets in Canada were especially hard hit, exchange-traded funds proved their ability to continue to deliver liquidity, according to speakers at a recent webinar hosted by the Association of Canadian Pension Management. That lesser-known benefit is contributing to a change in the way institutional investors are using ETFs.  “We basically saw […]

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]]> BBB-rated corporate bonds representing larger part of Canadian market https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/bbb-rated-corporate-bonds-representing-larger-part-of-canadian-market/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/bbb-rated-corporate-bonds-representing-larger-part-of-canadian-market/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2020 02:37:25 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/bbb-rated-corporate-bonds-representing-larger-part-of-canadian-market/ BBB-rated corporate bonds are becoming a bigger part of the Canadian market, according to an analysis by FTSE Russell. In particular, at the end of January 2020, the FTSE Canada one- to 10-year corporate BBB bond index had 326 issuers, representing $141.1 million in market cap, which translates to 29 per cent of the FTSE […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/bbb-rated-corporate-bonds-representing-larger-part-of-canadian-market/feed/ 0 Do ETFs warrant their own trading tools separate from equities? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/do-etfs-warrant-their-own-trading-tools-separate-from-equities/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/do-etfs-warrant-their-own-trading-tools-separate-from-equities/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2020 03:35:35 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/do-etfs-warrant-their-own-trading-tools-separate-from-equities/ Trading volume for exchange-traded funds is rising. And as such, more ETF trades are flowing through trading desks. For ETFs with underlying securities that have different characteristics than equities, such as credit instruments or fixed income, it’s sometimes unclear who should be handling these transactions, according to a report by Greenwich Associates based on interviews […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/do-etfs-warrant-their-own-trading-tools-separate-from-equities/feed/ 0 Are liquid alternative ETFs the next frontier for institutional investors? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/use-of-liquid-alternative-etfs-on-the-rise-among-institutional-investors-study/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/use-of-liquid-alternative-etfs-on-the-rise-among-institutional-investors-study/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:58:48 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/use-of-liquid-alternative-etfs-on-the-rise-among-institutional-investors-study/ New research from Greenwich Associates has found that institutional players have allocated US$47 billion to liquid alternative exchange traded funds, comprising a fair chunk of their allocation to liquid alternatives overall, which comes to US$882 billion. That said, only about one in 10 institutions have experience investing in liquid alternative ETFs. “However, about the same […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/use-of-liquid-alternative-etfs-on-the-rise-among-institutional-investors-study/feed/ 0 The good, the bad and the uncertain: Passive investing’s impact on financial stability https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-good-the-bad-and-the-neutral-passives-impact-on-financial-stability/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-good-the-bad-and-the-neutral-passives-impact-on-financial-stability/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2019 04:52:03 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-good-the-bad-and-the-neutral-passives-impact-on-financial-stability/ Does the rise in passive investment strategies have consequences for financial stability? The shift to passive from active appears to be amplifying some risks to financial stability and mitigating others, according to a paper co-written by Kenechukwu Anadu, a senior financial markets specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Mathias Kruttli, Patrick McCabe, […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/the-good-the-bad-and-the-neutral-passives-impact-on-financial-stability/feed/ 0 ETF Assets in Canada Up 28.2% in 2017 https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/etf-assets-in-canada-up-28-2-in-2017/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/etf-assets-in-canada-up-28-2-in-2017/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2017 08:26:32 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/etf-assets-in-canada-up-28-2-in-2017/ New data shows that despite outflows in equities and commodities, the trend is up

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/etf-assets-in-canada-up-28-2-in-2017/feed/ 0 ETFs and Market Fragility https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/etfs-and-market-fragility/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/etfs-and-market-fragility/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2017 04:00:49 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/etfs-and-market-fragility/ As market makers guess – speculators take their bets

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/etfs-and-market-fragility/feed/ 0 Chart of the Day: Active ETFs Use Skyrockets https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/chart-of-the-day-active-etfs-use-skyrockets/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/chart-of-the-day-active-etfs-use-skyrockets/#respond Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:38:15 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/chart-of-the-day-active-etfs-use-skyrockets/ First half of 2017 sees big jump in active ETF assets.

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