negative yields – 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 2022 GIC coverage: Institutional investors seeking better risk-adjusted returns should turn to emerging market debt https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/2022-gic-coverage-institutional-investors-seeking-better-risk-adjusted-returns-should-turn-to-emerging-market-debt/ Mon, 30 May 2022 12:50:45 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=120523 Canadian institutional investors should have a strategic allocation to emerging market debt, Ward Brown, fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management, explained during his session. EM debt has two of the key characteristics needed for a strategic allocation. First, it is a good diversifier because it has low correlations with other assets commonly found […]

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]]> What does an increase in long-term government debt issuance mean for pension plans? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/what-does-an-increase-in-long-term-government-debt-issuance-mean-for-pension-plans/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/what-does-an-increase-in-long-term-government-debt-issuance-mean-for-pension-plans/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2020 07:40:29 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-does-an-increase-in-long-term-government-debt-issuance-mean-for-pension-plans/ As part of the federal government’s debt management strategy, it’s increasing long-term debt issuance. In particular, the government will be increasing issuance of the 10-year and 30-year bonds for 2020-2021 to an unprecedented combined amount of $106 billion, according to the federal economic and fiscal snapshot from July 8. The issuance is roughly five times […]

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