Vanguard – 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 How will China play into Canadian pension portfolios as exposure inches higher? https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/how-will-china-play-into-canadian-pension-portfolios-as-exposure-inches-higher/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/how-will-china-play-into-canadian-pension-portfolios-as-exposure-inches-higher/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2020 04:55:07 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-will-china-play-into-canadian-pension-portfolios-as-exposure-inches-higher/ The rallying cry that China is simply too significant a part of the world’s economy to leave out of a well-diversified portfolio is about to be last year’s cliché. For the moment, the country remains the second largest economic engine in the world, but its stunning growth in just the past few years has investors […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/how-will-china-play-into-canadian-pension-portfolios-as-exposure-inches-higher/feed/ 0 401(k)s hit records as workers sock away more, stocks jump https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/401ks-hit-records-as-workers-sock-away-more-stocks-jump/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/401ks-hit-records-as-workers-sock-away-more-stocks-jump/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2020 03:58:59 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/401ks-hit-records-as-workers-sock-away-more-stocks-jump/ The average 401(k) balance rose 17 per cent last year to $112,300 from the end of 2018, according to a review of 17.3 million accounts by Fidelity Investments. The average individual retirement account, or IRA, balance rose the same percentage to $115,400. Those figures are averages, not medians, and the typical 401(k) might be closer […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/msci-versus-ftse-why-theyre-not-the-same-2/feed/ 0 Passive Takes Top Spot in U.S. https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/passive-takes-top-spot-in-u-s/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/passive-takes-top-spot-in-u-s/#respond Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:42:32 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/passive-takes-top-spot-in-u-s/ Vanguard unseats Fidelity as largest U.S. mutual fund company.

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