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Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 3.2% in July: report

bmcgovern — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:00:06 +0000

The funded position of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan rose on both a solvency and accounting basis in July, according to Telus Health’s latest pension index. It found the solvency of the average DB plan rose to 107.8 per cent, up from 107.6 per cent in June, while the accounting index increased from […]

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Real return bonds a boon for institutional investors, pension plan members: report

bmcgovern — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000

The end of the federal government’s real return bond program will deprive institutional investors and pension plan members of a valuable investment tool that can help protect against inflation, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. It found a majority of Canada’s largest institutional investors are interested in investing in real return bonds and […]

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Median solvency ratio of Canadian DB pension plans stays flat in Q2 2024: reports

bmcgovern — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:00:58 +0000

The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans remained flat in the second quarter of 2024, compared to the previous quarter, according to a report by Mercer. The report, which tracked 450 DB pension plans, found the median solvency ratio was 118 per cent, as at June 28, 2024, the same as at […]

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Ontario DB pension plans’ average solvency ratio increases to 122% in Q1 2024: FSRA

bmcgovern — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:00:22 +0000

The average projected solvency ratio for Ontario defined benefit pension plans was 122 per cent as of March 31, 2024, up three per cent from Dec. 31, 2023, according to a new report by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario. It found 90 per cent of DB plans were projected to be fully funded […]

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Average Canadian DB pension plan’s funded position on solvency, accounting basis up in April: report

bmcgovern — Thu, 23 May 2024 13:00:32 +0000

The funded position of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan rose on both a solvency and accounting basis in April, according to Telus Health’s latest pension index. It found the solvency of the average DB plan rose to 106.4 per cent in April, up from 106 per cent in March. The accounting index, which […]

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Expert panel: Cessation of real return bonds increases risk profile for Canadian pension fund model

bmcgovern — Thu, 09 May 2024 13:00:48 +0000

The recent pressure put on Canadian pensions plans from private managers and governments to re-discover an investment home bias has been met with little enthusiasm, despite special interest by both federal and provincial governments to potentially tap pension fund capital for infrastructure given that current expenditure eats up a large share of the budget. Infrastructure […]

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Average funded ratio of Canadian DB pension plans up 7% in Q1 2024: report

bmcgovern — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:00:03 +0000

The funded ratio of the average Canadian defined benefit pension plan, excluding the effect of asset smoothing, reached 124 per cent as at March 31, 2024, up seven per cent from the fourth quarter of 2023, according to a new report by Normandin Beaudry. It found the average solvency ratio of Canadian pension plans was […]

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IMCO returns 5.6% for 2023, driven by public equities

bmcgovern — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:00:26 +0000

The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is reporting a net return of 5.6 per cent for 2023, with net assets increasing to $77.4 billion. The investment organization’s year-end report found public equities returned 18 per cent in 2023, followed by global credit (7.7 per cent), fixed income (5.9 per cent), private equity (5.7 per cent), […]

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Median solvency ratio of Canadian DB pension plans up 2% in Q1 2024: reports

bmcgovern — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 19:00:37 +0000

The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans increased two per cent in the first quarter of 2024, according to a report by Mercer. The report, which tracks more than 450 DB pension plans, found the median solvency ratio grew to 118 per cent, as at March 29, 2024, from 116 per cent […]

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Average Canadian DB pension plan’s funded solvency position up 2.8% in February: report

bmcgovern — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:00:17 +0000

The funded position of a typical defined benefit pension plan rose both on a solvency basis (2.8 per cent) and an accounting basis (2.3 per cent) during February, according to Telus Health’s latest pension index. It found the solvency of the average DB plan rose to 103.6 per cent in February, up from 100.8 per […]

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