Canadian fixed income yields de-coupling from U.S. market performance: report
Canadian fixed income yields are de-coupling from a sharp rise seen in the U.S. market, according to a new report from FTSE Russell. Despite a…
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CPPIB returns 3.6% in fiscal Q2 2025, net assets increase to $675.1BN
The Canada Pension Plan Investment board is reporting a 3.6 per cent return for the second quarter of its latest fiscal year, according to its…
- By: Staff
- November 15, 2024 November 15, 2024
- 15:00
The Calgary Foundation using alternatives to push beyond its comfort zone
In the years following the 2008/09 financial crisis, Dan Langlois realized the allocation strategy for the Calgary Foundation’s endowment portfolio needed a significant adjustment if…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- November 15, 2024 November 13, 2024
- 08:54
Ratio of asset value to benefit obligation up 1.2% for Canadian DB pension plans in Q3 2024: report
The ratio of the market value of assets to the projected benefit obligation for a hypothetical benchmark plan changed little for global defined benefit pension…
- By: Staff
- November 12, 2024 November 7, 2024
- 11:00
Coverage of the 2024 DC Investment Forum
The volatile global conditions of the last four years have culminated in a looming economic downturn, impacting defined contribution pension plan sponsors and members alike.…
- By: Benefits Canada
- November 6, 2024 October 31, 2024
- 08:00
2024 DC Investment Forum: The importance of ESG factors in bond investing
Rising food, energy and housing prices aren’t just pocketbook issues for consumers or election fodder for politicians, they’re also social risk factors, indicators of a…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 6, 2024 October 30, 2024
- 07:53
2024 DC Investment Forum: Addressing inflation risk through DC plan members’ working lives
The rapid rise in the cost of living in 2022 and into 2023 underscored the need for target-date funds to not just protect against standard…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 6, 2024 October 30, 2024
- 07:52
Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 5.1% in Q3 2024: report
The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan returned 5.1 per cent during the third quarter of 2024, an increase from 1.1 per cent in the…
- By: Staff
- October 31, 2024 October 30, 2024
- 11:00
Ontario DB pension plan payouts provide $34.6BN to provincial GDP: report
Defined benefit pension plans support more than one million beneficiaries in Ontario and these benefits provided more than $34.6 billion to the province’s gross domestic…
- By: Staff
- October 30, 2024 October 29, 2024
- 15:00
World’s 500 largest asset managers’ AUM up 12.5% in 2023: report
The world’s 500 largest asset managers’ assets under management increased by 12.5 per cent to US$128 trillion in 2023, compared to $113.7 trillion at the…
- By: Staff
- October 29, 2024 October 24, 2024
- 11:00
63% of North American institutional investors sticking to long-term strategy amid election noise: survey
Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of North American institutional investors say they’re sticking to their long-term investment strategy amid the short-term noise of the various…
- By: Staff
- October 23, 2024 October 22, 2024
- 15:00
Coverage of the 2024 Risk Management Conference
Across from Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, where the wheels behind the force of the nation’s power in governance and oversight turn, a group of pension and…
- October 21, 2024 October 21, 2024
- 08:00
2024 Risk Management Conference: U.S. facing funding questions from retiring population
Anti-market sentiment in the U.S. is gaining momentum with both Democrats and Republicans, according to David Frum, a writer at The Atlantic, during the keynote…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- October 21, 2024 October 21, 2024
- 07:59
Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 0.4% in September: report
The funded position of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan decreased to 107 per cent in August, down from to 107.8 per cent at the…
- By: Staff
- October 17, 2024 October 15, 2024
- 11:00
UN’s Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance reflecting on five years of impact investing guidelines
The United Nations’ Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance is marking five years of encouraging institutional investors to implement science-based targets towards curbing greenhouse gas emissions in…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- October 10, 2024 October 9, 2024
- 11:00
Median solvency ratio of Canadian DB pension plans up 1% in Q3 2024: report
The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans increased to 122 per cent in the third quarter of 2024, up slightly from 121…
- By: Staff
- October 9, 2024 October 8, 2024
- 09:00
AIMCo making key appointments to executive team as CIO steps away from role
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is appointing two of its investment leaders to new executive roles, effective immediately, as Marlene Puffer steps away from her…
- By: Staff
- September 24, 2024 September 24, 2024
- 15:00
Report finds world’s 300 largest pension funds’ AUM increased 10% in 2023
In 2023, the world’s 300 largest pension funds’ assets under management increased by 10 per cent to US$22.6 trillion, compared to $20.6 trillion at the…
- By: Staff
- September 18, 2024 September 18, 2024
- 09:00
Institutional investors’ demand for insurance-linked securities pushing transaction volumes to new highs: experts
An acceleration of significant weather events are impacting the risk premium earned from insurance-linked securities, providing a significant inflation hedge for institutional investors, says Bernard Van…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- September 16, 2024 October 1, 2024
- 09:00
Expert panel: Institutional investors should re-evaluate fees in ‘turbulent twenties’
An altering macroeconomic environment means that cost management requires continual attention by pension plans and other institutional investors. Today, as inflation and higher-for-longer rates exert…
- By: Les Marton
- September 10, 2024 September 6, 2024
- 09:00
Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 3.2% in July: report
The funded position of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan rose on both a solvency and accounting basis in July, according to Telus Health’s…
- By: Staff
- September 10, 2024 September 6, 2024
- 09:00
Real return bonds a boon for institutional investors, pension plan members: report
The end of the federal government’s real return bond program will deprive institutional investors and pension plan members of a valuable investment tool that can help…
- By: Staff
- September 3, 2024 September 3, 2024
- 09:00
AIMCo returns 5.4% in first half of 2024, driven by public equities
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is reporting a net return of 5.4 per cent for the first half of 2024. During the six-month period ending…
- By: Staff
- August 28, 2024 August 28, 2024
- 15:00
OMERS returns 4.4% for first half of 2024
The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System earned a net investment return of 4.4 per cent for the first six months of this year, helped by…
- By: The Canadian Press
- August 19, 2024 August 19, 2024
- 09:00
Caisse returns 4.2% in first half of 2024, underperforming benchmark
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec returned 4.2 per cent in the first half of 2024, underperforming its benchmark of 4.6 per cent.…
- By: Staff
- August 16, 2024 August 15, 2024
- 09:00