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Institutional investors share experiences with ESG investing

mschmit — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 04:42:35 +0000

Demand for defined benefit pension plan sponsors to focus on environmental, social and governance factors through their investments is growing. Both plan sponsors and members have been increasingly vocal about keeping ESG issues top of mind. For example, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan has worked on balancing this increased appetite for ethical investing with […]

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CAP plan sponsors focusing on learnings from first six months of pandemic

mschmit — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:53:11 +0000

While many Canadians panicked and stocked up on toilet paper when a global pandemic was declared in March, most capital accumulation plan members stayed calm enough not to make fund changes, according to a webinar hosted by the Association of Canadian Pension Management on Thursday. “[We] found, overall, plan members appear to be staying the […]

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What will coronavirus mean for pension investors in the long term?

mschmit — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 04:41:57 +0000

Real estate, a long-time stable, returns-generating asset class for pension plans, may no longer be as solid due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “A pretty traditional asset class for pension plans may have been in office and retail, but one of the changes that’s happened is [the move to] remote working,” said Barbara […]

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Ontario’s new DB funding rules should base PfAD on plan’s asset mix: ACPM

mschmit — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:34:00 +0000

In Ontario’s new defined benefit plan funding rules, the provisions for adverse deviation should be based on the plan’s asset mix, and a riskier asset mix should naturally require a higher PfAD, according to the Association of Canadian Pension Management’s submission to the provincial Ministry of Finance. “Using that logic and an understanding that fixed-income […]

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