Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 1.6% in Q4 2024: report
The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan returned 1.6 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease from 5.1 per cent in the…
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Coverage of the 2024 Defined Benefit Investment Forum
On Dec. 6, 2024, leaders from Canada’s defined benefit pension plan sponsor community, alongside thought leaders and investment experts, came together at the Omni King Edward…
- By: The Canadian Investment Review
- January 30, 2025 January 29, 2025
- 08:00
2024 DB Investment Forum: Unexplored real estate assets offer foundation for strong risk-adjusted returns
Despite the turbulent environment shaped by the coronavirus pandemic, aggressive interest rate hikes and liquidity issues, institutional investors taking a long-term perspective can uncover strong…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 30, 2025 January 29, 2025
- 07:58
2024 DB Investment Forum: Macroeconomic struggles create valuation gap in closed-end fund asset class
Taking an institutional toolbox to the typically retail closed-end fund market is providing institutional investors with an entry point into an obscure asset, according to…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 30, 2025 January 28, 2025
- 07:57
China moves to boost languishing markets by ordering pension funds to invest more in shares
The Chinese government is trying to encourage people to spend more by ensuring that share prices will rise, ordering pensions and mutual funds to invest…
- By: Elaine Kurtenbach, the Associated Press
- January 27, 2025 January 24, 2025
- 15:00
Average funded ratio of Canadian DB pension plans up 2% in Q4 2024: report
The funded ratio of the average Canadian defined benefit pension plan grew by two per cent during the fourth quarter of 2024 and 12 per…
- By: Staff
- January 23, 2025 January 22, 2025
- 11:00
Netherlands pension fund divesting 2.8 million shares in Tesla: report
Dutch civil worker pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP is selling its entire stake in Tesla Inc., according to a report by Business Insider. The investment…
- By: Staff
- January 22, 2025 January 22, 2025
- 15:00
Global REITs return 4.6% in 2024, demand for data centres, senior housing to increase in 2025: report
The performance of global real estate investment trusts was halved to 4.6 per cent in 2024, largely attributed to tentative discourse by the U.S. Federal…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 14, 2025 January 13, 2025
- 11:00
Coverage of the 2024 Investment Innovation Conference
In the search for market-beating returns, institutional investors are facing a shifting geopolitical landscape, ongoing questions about monetary policy and the impact of climate change.…
- By: Benefits Canada
- January 14, 2025 January 16, 2025
- 08:00
2024 Investment Innovation Conference: Finetuning equities selection with inside, outside quant/fundamentals perspectives
When investment managers combine the inside view with the outside view, they make better decisions when it comes to choosing equities, according to Peter Stournaras, head…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- January 14, 2025 January 13, 2025
- 07:54
2024 Investment Innovation Conference: A liability-aware investing assessment can help pension plan sponsors see the bigger picture
Defined benefit pension plan sponsors can improve their performance and risk assessment by closely evaluating the connection between assets and liabilities, said Jason Malinowski, chief…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 14, 2025 January 13, 2025
- 07:51
2024 Investment Innovation Conference: Post-pandemic soft landing is here but market risks continue to loom
The U.S. economy has already sustained a soft landing, according to Michael Arone, chief investment strategist and managing director at State Street Global Advisors, during…
- By: Lauren Bailey
- January 14, 2025 January 13, 2025
- 07:49
2024 Investment Innovation Conference: Separating fact and fiction from investment stories requires correlation and causation review
The distinction between correlation and causation can help institutional investors determine better factors for investment decisions, according to Steve Foerster, a finance professor at Western…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 14, 2025 January 30, 2025
- 07:47
Diverse-managed funds receiving smaller allocations from U.S. institutional investors: report
While U.S. institutional investors have slightly increased their allocations to diverse-managed funds, more than 95 per cent of their capital commitments remain concentrated in non-diverse…
- By: Staff
- January 8, 2025 January 8, 2025
- 15:00
Canadian equities, fixed income to deliver stable performance in 2025 amid potential economic headwinds: report
Expected economic headwinds in Canada won’t prevent strong results from equities and fixed income in 2025, according to a new report by the Royal Bank…
- By: Staff
- December 11, 2024 December 10, 2024
- 09:00
Global pension plan sponsors’ assets reach US$63.1 trillion in 2023, offset by decrease in equities: report
While global pension plan sponsors’ assets grew by 10 per cent to reach US$63.1 trillion in 2023, this value is still five per cent lower…
- By: Staff
- December 4, 2024 December 3, 2024
- 09:00
Average funded status of Ontario DB pension plans at 121% in Q3 2024: report
The average funded position of defined benefit pension plans in Ontario was 121 per cent in the third quarter of 2024, down just two per…
- By: Staff
- November 28, 2024 November 27, 2024
- 09:00
PSP Investments investing in accounting firm, Caisse-backed fintech asset becoming private company
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board, along with partner Investcorp, is investing in accounting firm PKF O’Connor Davies LLP. According to a press release, the…
- By: Staff
- November 20, 2024 November 22, 2024
- 15:00
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
What could a second Trump presidency mean for Canadian institutional investors?
While an arduous U.S. presidential election cycle may have created some market volatility, any uncertainties among Canadian institutional investors may begin to wane following Donald…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- November 7, 2024 November 6, 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
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