multi-asset – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 06 May 2024 21:19:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Pension funds playing defence amid coronavirus crisis https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/pension-funds-playing-defence-amid-coronavirus-crisis/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/pension-funds-playing-defence-amid-coronavirus-crisis/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2020 04:32:11 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/pension-funds-playing-defence-amid-coronavirus-crisis/ Despite several bumps in the decade since the 2008/09 financial crisis, the swift and brutal crash in global equity prices when the coronavirus was declared a pandemic sent pension investors reaching for their playbooks to implement defensive strategies to mitigate the damage. “People have worked very hard at just acting on the set strategies that […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/pension-funds-playing-defence-amid-coronavirus-crisis/feed/ 0 DC members mixing TDFs with other assets to their potential detriment: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/dc-members-mixing-tdfs-with-other-assets-to-their-potential-detriment-report/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/dc-members-mixing-tdfs-with-other-assets-to-their-potential-detriment-report/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2019 05:46:22 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/dc-members-mixing-tdfs-with-other-assets-to-their-potential-detriment-report/ While target-date funds are intended to be used as a singular option in capital accumulation plans, many defined contribution plan members use them in conjunction with other investments, according to research from Morningstar. The report noted there are potentially more than 10 million DC participants in both TDFs and other plan investments. “While combining target-date […]

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