glide path – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Funded ratio of 100 largest U.S. corporate DB pension plans declines to 98.4% in fiscal 2023: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/funded-ratio-of-100-largest-u-s-corporate-db-pension-plans-declines-to-98-4-in-fiscal-2023-report/ Wed, 01 May 2024 13:00:08 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=155012 The funded ratio of U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans declined to 98.5 per cent in fiscal 2023 from 99.4 per cent in 2022, according to a new report by Milliman Inc. The report, which reviews the financial disclosures of the 100 largest U.S. public corporate DB plans, found their average return on investments was […]

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]]> Back to basics on investment glide paths https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/back-to-basics-on-investment-glide-paths/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:53:46 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=154085 Simply put, a glide path is a calculation designed to support an employee’s desired retirement timeline through investments in a target-date fund. When an employee first joins a defined contribution pension plan with a target-date fund, they’re exposed to capital appreciation assets that offer the most attractive risk-adjusted returns in the wealth accumulation phase, typically […]

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]]> Coverage of the 2023 DC Investment Conference https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/coverage-of-the-2023-dc-investment-conference/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:00:39 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=145288 Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic three years ago, the global economy has faced a bumpy ride, led by the lingering public health crisis, rising geopolitical tensions and high inflation. The 2023 Defined Contribution Investment Forum, which was held on Sept. 29 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, shared thought leadership on the various […]

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]]> 2023 DC Investment Forum: Target-date fund glide paths evolving to meet DC plan member needs https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/2023-dc-investment-forum-target-date-fund-glide-paths-evolving-to-meet-dc-plan-member-needs/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:54:18 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=146064 Plotting out a glide path is the most important part of designing a target-date fund — not only does it take members on a roughly 40-year investing journey, but it also has the most significant impact on their retirement outcomes. Glide paths must also address the key risks facing defined contribution plan members, said Satwick […]

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]]> Report calls for more illiquid assets in DC pension plans’ target-date funds https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/report-calls-for-more-illiquid-assets-in-dc-pension-plans-target-date-funds/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:00:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=142258 Diversifying target-date funds by incorporating illiquid assets — such as private equity, real estate and infrastructure — could result in a 0.15 per cent annual increase in return over a decade, according to a recent report by Georgetown University’s Center for Retirement Initiatives in partnership with CEM Benchmarking Inc. The report was authored by Angela Antonelli, a […]

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]]> 2022 DCIF: Understanding sequence of returns risk in target-date funds https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/2022-dcif-understanding-sequence-of-returns-risk-in-target-date-funds/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:58:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=127993 When defined contribution plan sponsors conduct due diligence on target-date fund providers, they’re often considering questions of active versus passively managed funds, the benefits of glide paths that glide to versus through retirement, strategic versus tactical funds and a provider’s approach to environmental, social and governance investing. But according to Sarah Donahue, director of consultant […]

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]]> 2022 DC Plan Summit: Considering historical regimes in building a DC plan investment portfolio https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/2022-dc-plan-summit-considering-historical-regimes-in-building-a-dc-plan-investment-portfolio/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:50:18 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=125186 Building a defined contribution pension plan’s investment portfolio should incorporate the benefits and drawbacks of various historical regimes to provide a strong foundation, said Ruthann Pritchard, institutional portfolio manager for global asset allocation at Fidelity Investments, during a session at Benefits Canada‘s 2022 DC Plan Summit. “A robust glide path has to consider all of […]

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]]> Focusing on TDF glide paths as migration from DB to DC plans continue https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/focusing-on-tdf-glide-paths-as-migration-from-db-to-dc-plans-continue/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:55:43 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=109222 The selection of a target-date fund glide path is more crucial than ever as the migration from DB to DC pension plans continues. Since its formation in the mid-1990s as an optional alternative to the company’s longstanding defined benefit offerings, the DC plan has amassed more than $1.5 billion in total assets as members gradually […]

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]]> Sounding Board: Tips for evaluating a target-date fund https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/sounding-board-tips-for-evaluating-a-target-date-fund/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:00:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104993 Since target-date funds were introduced to the Canadian market in the early 2000s, they’ve become the dominant investment choice for defined contribution pension plan members. The funds, which are balanced with dynamic asset mixes that adjust as members approach retirement, are offered in a series — typically, one fund for each five-year target retirement band — with each fund […]

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]]> Coronavirus prompting CAP sponsors to review TDF suites https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/coronavirus-prompting-cap-sponsors-to-review-tdf-suites/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/coronavirus-prompting-cap-sponsors-to-review-tdf-suites/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 04:45:09 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/coronavirus-prompting-cap-sponsors-to-review-tdf-suites/ My last column, in April, talked about how Canadian target-date fund suites behaved differently during the first quarter of this year, where markets were reacting to the coronavirus crisis. The disparity of year-to-date returns continued in the following months. For some capital accumulation plan sponsors, the behaviour of their plans’ TDFs over recent volatile market […]

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