Many DB pension plan sponsors in Canada are revising their investment strategies to focus more on risk management in order to better manage funded status, contributions and financial statement volatility.
After an impressive rally in global stock markets during the first quarter of 2012, the majority of Canadian investment advisors remain bullish on equities over the next few months.
We know it’s important to invest now for the future. So why is it so hard to save for retirement?
Dave Lawson on why most other forecasts are bunk.
BlackRock, Inc. has struck a deal to buy exchange traded fund (ETF) provider Claymore Investments from Guggenheim Partners, LLC.
Risk-return tradeoffs in Canada's stock market for 50 years.
Sponsored by: In September, The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada launched a revamped Plan for lifeTM program, a communication offering that makes it easy for group retirement plan members to make the decisions needed to prepare adequately for retirement. We spoke to Matthew Rotenberg, senior consultant, marketing and communications at Standard Life about the […]
ETFs are thriving in the Canadian marketplace. According to its first quarterly asset flow report, the Canadian ETF Association (CETFA) states there were strong sales inflows into both equity and income focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) during the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2011. The Canadian ETF industry saw nearly $2.8 billion in net creations […]
Investors hear a lot about exchange traded funds (ETFs) and why they are the next big investment solution, but in my experience, they don’t fully understand why this is. The first thing that needs to be understood is that an ETF is just a different delivery mechanism. As with a mutual fund, it’s an open-ended […]
Is the equity risk premium dead? Not according to Chris Guthrie, president of Hillsdale Investment Management who says stock market volatility can be tamed through equity minimum risk strategies. According to him, one Quebec-based pension fund is already using them -- and equity minimum risk strategies are also being used in the ETF space. What are they? And how how do they work with ETFs? Guthrie answers my questions below.