strategic asset allocation – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 17 May 2024 19:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 How active management strategies are helping institutional investors amid volatile global marketplace https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/how-active-management-strategies-are-helping-institutional-investors-amid-volatile-global-marketplace/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:57:55 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=151594 As global markets navigate turbulent economic waters, active management is proving once again to be a lifeline for institutional investors to ensure their portfolios ride out the storm. Pension funds are currently operating amid uncertainty and potential risk, says Ruslan Goyenko, an associate professor of finance at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. “There are […]

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]]> 2023 Investment Innovation Conference: How institutional investors can hedge risk, find positive alpha in volatile economy https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-investment-innovation-conference-how-institutional-investors-can-hedge-risk-find-positive-alpha-in-volatile-economy/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:55:09 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=148944 Despite pension funds navigating a “swim-at-your-own-risk” environment with a lower probability of positive returns, they can’t just stop and sink — they have to keep swimming, said Karin Sullivan, vice-president of fixed income at Trans-Canada Capital Inc., during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference in November. “[These financial challenges] have been going on now for two […]

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]]> 2023 DC Investment Forum: The importance of strategic asset allocation in target-date funds https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/2023-dc-investment-forum-understanding-strategic-asset-allocation-in-target-date-funds/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 12:58:17 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=146052 Since defined contribution plan members will experience a wide variety of market conditions over the course of their working lives and into retirement, it’s important for the strategic asset allocation of target-date funds to be diversified and able to stand the test of time, according to Jon Knowles, institutional portfolio manager for global asset allocation at […]

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]]> An informed rebalancing process: institutionalizing the knowledge of institutional investors https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/an-informed-rebalancing-process-institutionalizing-the-knowledge-of-institutional-investors/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/an-informed-rebalancing-process-institutionalizing-the-knowledge-of-institutional-investors/#respond Wed, 08 May 2019 09:26:53 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/an-informed-rebalancing-process-institutionalizing-the-knowledge-of-institutional-investors/ As pension plan sponsors are well aware, most of a plan’s risk is in its asset allocation. So why don’t more plans spend more time managing that risk? Arun Muralidhar, co-founder of Mcube Investment Technologies Inc., worked for the World Bank Group’s pension fund in the 1990s but left the role before the tech bubble […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/an-informed-rebalancing-process-institutionalizing-the-knowledge-of-institutional-investors/feed/ 0 Incorporating climate scenarios into financial modelling https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/incorporating-climate-scenarios-into-financial-modelling/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/incorporating-climate-scenarios-into-financial-modelling/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:16:12 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/incorporating-climate-scenarios-into-financial-modelling/ While investors are familiar with stress-testing their portfolios for various economic scenarios from a bottom-up perspective, a new tool is now available to incorporate climate change into stress-testing scenarios from the top down. Ortec Finance, in partnership with Cambridge Econometrics, is launching a systemic climate risk scenario tool for institutional investors. It incorporates climate risks […]

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