When we hear the term fixed income, most of us think about bonds issued by corporations and various levels of government. In today’s world of low interest rates and prospects of fixed income losses (when yields rise), mortgages may provide an attractive complement to fixed income allocations.
SEI has launched a long duration credit bond fund, which is designed to help Canadian DB plan sponsors minimize pension expense volatility by enabling them to balance pension liabilities with more suitably matched assets.
Coverage of the 2013 Global Investment Conference
There has been much talk about the benefits of investing in emerging markets equities, but there’s also a case for emerging markets debt.
Indices add transparency, could boost ETFs.
Global macro headwinds have been causing interest rates to remain low, leaving the world in a “lower for longer” rate environment. But there are strategies to help institutional investors improve their investment outcomes.
One of the items that received little attention in the federal government’s most recent Economic Action Plan (also known as the 2013 Budget) was a commitment to expand its issuance of long-term debt. This interesting tidbit was buried in the debt management strategy for 2013-14.
Results from Mercer’s 2013 Fearless Forecast, an annual survey of Canadian and global institutional investment managers, show that those polled predict modest growth for the Canadian and global economies, lower equity and bond returns in all markets, and continued strength for the loonie against the U.S. dollar.
Coverage of the 2012 Investment Innovation Conference.
Despite market turbulence and growing inflation, a survey of Portfolio Management Association of Canada (PMAC) members finds that professional investors have “bedrock confidence” in the financial future of equities.