nominal bonds – 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 CAAT returns 9.5% for 2023, led by global, emerging market equities https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/caat-returns-9-5-for-2023-led-by-global-emerging-market-equities/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:30:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=154396 The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan saw a net return of 9.5 per cent for 2023, with net assets of $20.1 billion, up from $18.2 billion in 2022, according to its latest annual report. As of Jan. 1, 2024, the investment organization maintained a healthy funding level of 124 per cent on a going-concern […]

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]]> HOOPP looking to LDI strategy 2.0 amid low interest rates https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/hoopp-looking-to-ldi-strategy-2-0-amid-low-interest-rates/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/hoopp-looking-to-ldi-strategy-2-0-amid-low-interest-rates/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2020 03:36:38 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/hoopp-looking-to-ldi-strategy-2-0-amid-low-interest-rates/ The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is well-known for its liability-driven investing strategy, which helped it successfully weather the 2008 financial crisis. During the coronavirus fallout, in an era of historically low interest rates, the HOOPP is working on developing LDI 2.0. “We’re very focused on liabilities, but what you do when interest rates are […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/hoopp-looking-to-ldi-strategy-2-0-amid-low-interest-rates/feed/ 0 How can pension plans position for potential deflationary or inflationary scenarios? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-can-pension-plans-position-for-potential-deflationary-or-inflationary-scenarios/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/how-can-pension-plans-position-for-potential-deflationary-or-inflationary-scenarios/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2020 04:07:29 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-can-pension-plans-position-for-potential-deflationary-or-inflationary-scenarios/ With so much uncertainty on the horizon, should pension plan sponsors be preparing to operate in a deflationary or inflationary environment? In the short term, the economic environment will be deflationary, says Hugh O’Reilly, executive in residence at the Global Risk Institute, noting demand is down because people are staying home and not spending. “And […]

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