Investor confidence declined in August, according to recent figures from State Street Global Markets. The State Street Investor Confidence Index declined to 89.6 in August,…
Reader Alert: Read Part One of this series. Gold will hit $2,500 within six months and its detractors risk getting wiped out, according to fans…
As global economic uncertainty has increased, investor satisfaction with full service investment firms has decreased, says a recent study by J.D. Power and Associates. According…
Anyone collecting—or administering—an indexed pension plan should be keeping tabs on the consumer price index, but the latest reading could also have an impact on…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has announced its returns for the first half of the year, earning 3.6%. Net of fees, that’s…
The Conference Board of Canada’s Leading Indicator of Industry Profitability declined in July for the first time in almost a year, suggesting a weakening in Canadian…
We are in the midst of historic times, as sovereigns hang on the edge of default, the inflation/deflation debate remains unresolved and gold trades at…
Employees hoping for large across-the-board raises in 2012 will be disappointed, as Canadian employers are projecting an average wage increase of 3.1%, according to the…
Who knew that a drop in the Dow on May 6, 2010, would lead to a T-shirt emblazoned with “I survived the crash of 2:45…
Jovian Capital Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its exchange traded fund (ETF) business to South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co.,…
TMX Group Inc. today officially launched trading on TMX Select, its alternative equities trading system. Canada’s newest ATS offers participants additional execution and liquidity seeking…
Many pension plans remain underfunded, but improving markets have helped to narrow the gaps. Plan managers can now afford to rein in the risk in…
Originally from our sister publication, Advisor.ca The U.S. economy should sustain its recovery, despite the expiry of the Federal Reserve’s second round of quantitative easing,…
The group that operates the Toronto Stock Exchange has killed a $3.7-billion proposed merger with the London Stock Exchange Group, saying the controversial deal could…
Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC, an independent governance analysis and proxy voting firm, has reconfirmed its recommendation that TMX Group shareholders vote in favour of…
Brandes Investment Partners & Co. (BIPCo) has expanded its investment servicing relationship with State Street to include its Canadian pooled funds totalling $1 billion in…
The federal Competition Bureau has given the green light to two pension fund asset managers to purchase TimberWest Forest Corp. for US$1.03 billion. The sale…
CIBC Mellon has named Rob Ferguson as head of global securities lending, giving him sole responsibility for leading the firm’s capital markets team. Ferguson steps…
The last decade has been unpleasant for DB pension plans, even before the 2008 market crash. The Great Recession further exacerbated these challenges as global…
One of the potential solutions outlined for managing excessive risk concentration is the use of an overlay portfolio. Overlay portfolios are managed by the plan…
In broad strokes, boomers have spent much of their lives embracing risk. This generation was one of the most entrepreneurial, allowing many to accumulate substantial…
In his book, Proofiness, Charles Seife quotes a 2007 survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control that found an American male, on average, has…
Maple Group Acquisition Corp, made up of 13 pension funds and Canadian financial institutions, has officially launched its $3.7 billion hostile bid for the TMX…
Instead of enjoying a networking lunch and golf game with a banker friend in Vienna on Sept. 14, 2008—the day before Lehman Brothers filed for…
Like many elements of our investment industry, market-cap weighted benchmarks have the beauty of being long-standing, familiar and simple. Performance history is available for analysis,…