fixed income returns – 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 Investment Innovation Conference: ETFs playing larger role in institutional investors’ active strategies https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-investment-innovation-conference-etfs-playing-larger-role-in-institutional-investors-active-strategies/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:58:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=148331 Over the last year, the volatile interest rate period has increased demand for fixed income exchange-traded funds among institutional investors, said Robert Forsyth, head of SPDR ETF strategy and research at State Street Global Advisors, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference in November. “Institutional investors were using ETFs to gain really quick access […]

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]]> 2023 Investment Innovation Conference: Finding alpha through multi-asset credit construct amid market volatility https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-investment-innovation-conference-institutional-investors-finding-alpha-through-multi-asset-credit-construct-amid-market-volatility/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:53:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=149213 To find opportunity in times of volatility, institutional investors must consider their objectives and then expand their toolkit, said Saurabh Sud, a portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference in November. It’s been a challenging environment for most fixed-rate assets with surging yields and higher volatility.  As a […]

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]]> Bâtirente’s diversified funds return between negative 4.63% and negative 8.87% in Q2 https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/batirentes-diversified-funds-return-between-negative-4-63-and-negative-8-87-in-q2/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:30:15 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=126165 The second quarter of 2022 proved difficult for Bâtirente’s diversified funds, according to the organization’s investment strategy manager. “As was the case in the first quarter, Bâtirente’s diversified funds experienced a difficult second quarter performance . . . [with losses correlating with] their risk profile,” said Jean-François Dumais, in a press release. The five diversified […]

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]]> 2021 GIC coverage: How institutional investors can use fixed income amid low yields https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/2021-gic-coverage-how-institutional-investors-can-use-fixed-income-amid-low-yields/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:55:31 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=109132 Despite the low-yield environment, fixed income continues to play an important role for institutional investors looking to make their portfolios work harder in a risk-controlled fashion, said Jeffrey Moore, a portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments Inc., during a session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2021 Global Investment Conference. “For the bond market to hurt, there needs […]

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]]> DB pensions staring down paltry bond returns heading into 2021 https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/db-pensions-staring-down-paltry-bond-returns-heading-into-2021/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/db-pensions-staring-down-paltry-bond-returns-heading-into-2021/#respond Wed, 16 Dec 2020 05:35:02 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/db-pensions-staring-down-paltry-bond-returns-heading-into-2021/ Central banks slowing their quantitative easing policies and economic improvements off the back of wide-scale vaccination efforts should both provide bond yields with a modest boost in 2021. But that won’t give defined benefit pension plan sponsors much relief. “You hear the phrase ‘low for long’ and I would agree we’re in an extended period […]

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