The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners are in competition to acquire Australian logistics and transport company Asciano. The company announced Thursday that it had…
Large institutional investors expect to embrace active management in 2016 to combat macro-economic trends, anticipated market volatility and divergent monetary policy, according to a new…
Whether they’re up or down, you can almost always make a case for participating in commodities markets as long as you can stomach the dizzying…
In my last article I highlighted the evolution in the way that assets have been managed and the growth in closet indexing in the investment…
Market volatility will continue into 2016, but investors shouldn’t be discouraged. They’ll still benefit more from equities than fixed income, and there may be some…
People are saving more for retirement and investing more appropriately for their age, improving the overall state of retirement readiness in the U.S., according to a…
A conversation with Joe Overdevest, portfolio manager at Pyramis Global Advisors After six years as an analyst, Joe Overdevest became a portfolio manager in October…
Recent volatility on the Chinese stock market is a timely reminder that, in the shorter term, share prices depend on many factors—not least of which…
Currency’s made headlines for the last decade with the spectacular rise and fall of the Canadian dollar. Once lowly, the loonie has, in recent years,…
ETFs hit a few important new milestones this year. They turned 25 (the first ETF was born in Toronto in 1989), their assets surpassed those…
Asset class boundaries have blurred and that means investors may need to take a different approach to asset allocation, a Unigestion report says.
In the first article of this series, I considered a pension plan’s total fund liquidity needs. The second article looked at the use of a…
Many retail mutual funds and ETFs use derivatives. For insights into the roles played by these instruments, Advisor.ca spoke with Steve Hawkins, CIO and co-CEO…
Hedge funds in July bounced into recovery, gaining 0.27%, according to the Eurekahedge Report.
Global macro strategies continue to be the most favoured strategy by institutional investors globally, finds Credit Suisse's mid-year hedge fund investor sentiment survey.
When it comes to pension plans and hedge funds, size matters. That message came across loud and clear last fall when the US$298-billion California Public…
Voice over exit. That’s the succinct phrase Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) uses to describe its philosophy on sustainable investing, preferring to engage with companies,…
Institutional money managers are increasingly turning to ETFs, citing liquidity, transparency and ease of implementation.
Responsible Investing (RI) is not just good for the environment, the community and corporate governance. It can also provide investors better returns, reduced volatility, lower…
Responsible investment (RI)—integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment selection and management—is becoming mainstream.
Want to invest like a billionaire or in a particular city? Thematic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could be the solution.
Smart beta can be considered an interesting alternative to investing in market-cap weighted indexes.
Franklin Templeton Investments has introduced its first multi-manager, liquid alternative strategy in Canada.
Investors can use options to prevent large downside market declines, said Dino Bourdos, a managing director with TD Asset Management.
In the quest for yield, some pension funds are buying riskier insurance products