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2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: Can institutional investors expect a recession in 2024?

2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum: Can institutional investors expect a recession in 2024?
Key markers are signalling a distressing period for the Canadian and U.S. economies, including a weakening of global trade, consumer concerns with credit card spending and multiple declining fiscal quarters, said RBC GAM's Eric Lascelles, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Defined Benefit Investment Forum.

Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 8.4% in Q4 2023: report

Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 8.4% in Q4 2023: report
The average Canadian DB plan ended the year with a median 10% return, according to a new report by Northern Trust.

36% of employers changing initial 2024 salary budgets: survey

36% of employers changing initial 2024 salary budgets: survey
The average Canadian salary increase budget for 2024 remained steady at 3.6%, unchanged from last summer; however, on a year-over-year basis, the average salary increase budget is expected to decline after the upward trajectory observed between 2021 and 2023, according to a new survey by Normandin Beaudry.

53% of world's largest pension funds say recession is top concern: survey

53% of world's largest pension funds say recession is top concern: survey
Top factors impacting investment approaches over the next 12 to 24 months were inflation (roughly 20%), climate change (roughly 20%), geopolitics (nearly 10%) and technological change (roughly 5%, according to a new survey by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum.

Feds launching web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities

Feds launching web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities
In the banking sector, the new tool shows that Indigenous Peoples comprise just 1.5% of banking employees while representing 4% of the population in Canada — the lowest across all sectors included in the data sets.

84% of U.S. employers planning to adjust leave programs in the next two years: survey

84% of U.S. employers planning to adjust leave programs in the next two years: survey
Nearly three-quarters of those that have made or plan to make changes cited supporting attraction and retention strategies (73%) and enhancing the employee experience (72%) as the top drivers for making changes to paid leave, time off or disability programs, according to a new survey by WTW.

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