Pension investing: A closer look
If it’s worth doing in the pension world, it’s worth doing slowly. This guidance has served pension plan sponsors well. Assets represent the security of…
- By: Stephen Foote
- March 19, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Latest news in Investment Strategies
SSgA creates active Canadian fixed income strategy
State Street Global Advisors(SSgA)has launched its active Canadian fixed income strategy, a risk-controlled approach for core fixed income investors. The strategy is designed to add…
- By: Craig Sebastiano
- March 13, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Decisions, decisions
Business trusts must choose a new path. But which way will they go? Income trusts might have been dealt a major blow last Halloween, but…
- By: Paul Halpern
- March 1, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Going into debt
Alpha can be found in credit-based debt strategies. In practice, pure alpha is difficult to achieve. Entry points are important, and these are driven by…
- By: John Pluta
- March 1, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Quantitative trading
The predictive power and economic effectiveness of trading strategies. The moving average is considered to be an effective tool to reveal trends. It ostensibly removes…
- By: Matey Gerov
- December 1, 2006 September 13, 2019
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Managing risk and reality
Don’t use short-term thinking when implementing long-term strategies. Pension obligations usually stretch 50 to 60 years into the future. As such the pension management goal…
- By: Leo de Bever
- December 1, 2006 September 13, 2019
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Back to basics
An overview of fixed income products and new trends. Ask some Canadian plan sponsors about the value that bonds add to a pension portfolio and…
- By: Marlene K. Puffer
- September 1, 2006 September 13, 2019
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Batting 1000?
Ratios, averages and manager selection. The Information Ratio(IR)is commonly used to measure the success or failure of money managers. Conceptually, it’s simply the ratio of…
- By: Neil Constable
- June 1, 2006 September 13, 2019
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Getting the most out of bonds
With no FPR, it’s time to go global with fixed income. With removal of the foreign content restriction, Canadian fixed income investors can use this…
- By: Scott Dimaggio
- June 1, 2006 September 13, 2019
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Getting real with infrastructure
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the February 2005 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Institutional investors are looking for…
- By: Bruce Robertson and Krista Horsman
- February 1, 2005 September 13, 2019
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Getting real with infrastructure
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the February 2005 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Getting real with infrastructure Institutional…
- By: Bruce Robertson and Krista Horsman
- February 1, 2005 September 13, 2019
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