The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is issuing green bonds with an aim to boost its holdings in renewable energy and efficient buildings. Over the past…
Lower bond yields and mixed markets drove down the median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit plans in May, according to Aon’s monthly survey. On June 1,…
Institutional investors are keeping an eye on the political instability in Italy as premier-designate Carlo Cottarelli prepares to present his ministerial picks and the market opened down…
Global institutional investors’ assets under management rose 7.3 per cent in 2017 to US$36.2 trillion, the largest increase in five years, according to the Official Monetary and…
With annuities largely comprised of fixed-income investments, can the sponsors of pension plans gain an advantage by replicating such a portfolio on their own with…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board posted a net annual return of 11.6 per cent as the end of its fiscal year on March 31,…
The funded status of the Segal Group Inc.’s model multi-employer pension plan dipped to 98 per cent during the first quarter of 2018, down from…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans held steady in positive territory in the first quarter of 2018 with returns of 0.2 per cent, according to RBC Investor and…
Despite significant improvements recently to pension plan solvency levels, the start of 2018 has been a challenging one for institutional investors. Shifting monetary policies have…
In spite of volatile public equity markets, the median solvency ratio for Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans was slightly higher at 95 per cent for the…
For the first quarter of 2018, diversified pooled fund managers saw a median return of minus 0.7 per cent before management fees, according to new data…
Following a strong 2017, the early February selloff and subsequent quick rebound, investors are rethinking their strategy as they face a mature bull market, according to a release…
Solvency levels for Canadian defined benefit pension plans came down slightly in the first quarter of 2018, according to Aon’s monthly survey. It found, after decade-high…
A 9.7 per cent net return for 2017 has helped the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan report a funded status of 105 per cent in its…
The Ontario Pension Board posted a return of 10.8 per cent in 2017, an increase on its return of 8.1 per cent in 2016. The pension fund’s…
After the Paris Accord, how can green bonds help your portfolio?
The median solvency ratio for Canadian defined benefit pension plans dropped slightly in February as equity markets stalled, falling to 99.8 per cent from 101.3 per cent in…
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan posted a 10.88 per cent return for 2017, up very slightly on its 10.4 per cent return in 2016…
Investors are putting risk at the centre of their asset allocation decisions — and that’s good news. The trouble is, the risk models they’re using aren’t up…
Coverage of the 2017 Risk Management Conference.
The majority of global institutional investors are expecting 2018 to bring more volatility in both the stock (78 per cent) and bond markets (70 per cent),…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec returned 9.3 per cent in 2017, an increase on its return of 7.6 per cent in 2016. While…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw a net increase of $8.9 billion in assets during the final quarter of 2017, bringing its total to $337.1…
Canada and the world enjoyed a particularly strong economic performance last year. In Canada, the unemployment rate fell to just 5.7 per cent at the…
As interest rates rise, so, too, do investors’ concerns about the performance of fixed income. “An allocation to fixed income is considered a safe way…