risk premia – 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 What’s next for infrastructure assets after a rough Q1? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/whats-next-for-infrastructure-assets-after-a-rough-q1/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/whats-next-for-infrastructure-assets-after-a-rough-q1/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2020 03:26:08 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/whats-next-for-infrastructure-assets-after-a-rough-q1/ With the coronavirus-induced shutdown causing ripples in public and private markets alike, infrastructure assets took a hit in the first quarter of 2020 — and the worst may still be coming. According to data from the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute, infrastructure assets experienced a sharp drop in returns in the quarter. The decline was driven by […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/whats-next-for-infrastructure-assets-after-a-rough-q1/feed/ 0 Pension risk-taking in a low-interest rate environment https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/pension-risk-taking-in-a-low-interest-rate-environment/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/pension-risk-taking-in-a-low-interest-rate-environment/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2019 03:39:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/pension-risk-taking-in-a-low-interest-rate-environment/ When interest rates are low, how does this influence U.S. public pension plans’ propensity to take risk? In a working paper looking at the period between 2002 and 2016, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston found, on average, pension funds take more risk when both risk-free rates and funding ratios are lower. Specifically, the paper’s […]

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