active investing – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:34:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 What are the options for implementing real assets in DC plans? https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/what-are-the-options-for-implementing-real-assets-in-dc-plans/ Fri, 10 May 2024 11:54:28 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=154810 While real assets are largely absent among the investment options offered by Canadian defined contribution pension plans, they can offer significant long-term benefits to plan members, said Andrew Knox, managing director of Franklin Templeton Investments’ global real assets fund, during a session at Benefits Canada’s 2024 DC Plan Summit in February. “[Defined contribution] investors in […]

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]]> ETF assets held by institutional investors reach US$56 billion in 2023: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/etf-assets-held-by-institutional-investors-reach-us56-billion-in-2023-report/ Thu, 09 May 2024 15:00:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=155378 Institutional investors in North America owned US$56 billion worth of exchange-traded fund assets at the end of 2023, a 22 per cent increase year over year, according to a new report by S&P Global. The report, based on financial disclosures from U.S. and Canadian pension funds, endowments and foundations and sovereign wealth funds, found the […]

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]]> 2023 Investment Innovation Conference: ETFs playing larger role in institutional investors’ active strategies https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-investment-innovation-conference-etfs-playing-larger-role-in-institutional-investors-active-strategies/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:58:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=148331 Over the last year, the volatile interest rate period has increased demand for fixed income exchange-traded funds among institutional investors, said Robert Forsyth, head of SPDR ETF strategy and research at State Street Global Advisors, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference in November. “Institutional investors were using ETFs to gain really quick access […]

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]]> 2023 Risk Management Conference: Are concentrated equity strategies living up to their premise? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-risk-management-conference-are-concentrated-equity-strategies-living-up-to-their-premise/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:59:03 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=144305 Despite an attractive pitch to asset owners, concentrated equity strategies may be letting investors down, according to Seth Weingram, senior vice-president and director of client advisory at Acadian Asset Management, speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Risk Management Conference. “We’re thinking about a discretionary sort of stock-picking context, where you’ve got an individual manager who has […]

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]]> 2023 Risk Management Conference: Event-driven credit helping institutional investors find diamond assets in the rough https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-risk-management-conference-event-driven-credit-helping-institutional-investors-find-diamond-assets-in-the-rough/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:55:32 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=144082 Institutional investors don’t have to wait for choppy waters to invest in event-driven credit, according to Duncan Farley, portfolio manager on the BlueRay fixed income team at RBC Global Asset Management, speaking during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Risk Management Conference. While the post-pandemic economy has negatively affected several industries, opportunities always exist for investors to […]

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]]> 2023 Risk Management Conference: How UPP is focusing on active investing in its climate action plan https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-risk-management-conference-how-upp-is-focusing-on-active-investing-in-its-climate-action-plan/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:52:16 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=144350 During the launch of the University Pension Plan, Barbara Zvan, its president and chief executive officer, knew getting to know the plan’s members was vital to its goal of providing a strong, resilient fund that secured benefits for generations to come. To find out what was important to plan members, the UPP engaged them to find out […]

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]]> Majority of institutional investors expecting recession, stagflation challenges in 2023: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/majority-of-institutional-investors-expecting-recession-stagflation-challenges-in-2023-survey/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:00:15 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131058 While the vast majority (85 per cent) of institutional investors believe the economy is in a recession or will enter a recession next year, two-thirds (65 per cent) think stagflation is the bigger risk ahead, according to a survey by Natixis Investment Managers. The survey, which polled 500 institutional investors across the globe, found more than half […]

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]]> World’s largest asset managers’ discretionary AUM up 10.2% in 2021: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/worlds-largest-asset-managers-discretionary-aum-up-10-2-in-2021-report/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:00:37 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=128810 The world’s 500 largest asset managers’ total discretionary assets under management increased by 10.2 per cent in 2021, reaching US$131.7 trillion, according to a new report by WTW’s Thinking Ahead Institute. It found North American AUM accounted for more than half (59.9 per cent) of AUM in the top 500 managers, garnering $78.9 trillion by […]

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]]> Just 1% of institutional investors remain ESG non-adopters: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/just-1-of-institutional-investors-remain-esg-non-adopters-survey/ Tue, 24 May 2022 16:30:28 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=121822 Only one per cent of institutional investors described their organizations as non-adopters of environmental, social and governance investing criteria, according to a survey from Capital Group. The survey, which polled 1,100 institutional investors working around the world, found two-thirds of institutional investors that hadn’t adopted ESG strategies a year ago have now done so. Another 10 per […]

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]]> The value of active managers, global equities in DC investment lineups https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/the-value-of-active-managers-global-equities-in-dc-investment-lineups/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:55:59 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=115662 Defined contribution plan sponsors are facing much more challenging market conditions heading into 2022, with lower expected returns across core asset classes and high levels of uncertainty around the pandemic, rising inflation and other market factors. “This is truly an exceptionally difficult environment to navigate,” said Som Priestly, multi-asset solutions strategist at T. Rowe Price, […]

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