Canadian pension plans should see a better year head, reports Mercer. According to the consulting firm’s most recent Fearless Forecast survey, investment managers anticipate that 2012 will bring modest economic growth, but solid equity returns.
The number of pension plans adopting liability-driven investing (LDI) strategies has increased significantly since last year, reports SEI. According to SEI’s Global Quick Poll, which surveyed pension executives from the U.S., Canada, Netherlands and U.K., 63% of respondents said they now employ an LDI investment approach.
The newly established Canadian Bond Investors’ Association (CBIA) will hold its inaugural meeting on Nov. 29, 2011 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
Originally from our sister publication, Advisor.ca. In the months following Lehman Brothers’ implosion, investors stampeded into bonds, with U.S. Treasuries the issue of choice. Since then, market watchers have repeatedly warned of an impending slaughter, as interest rates would eventually have to rise. While that rise may be inevitable, it is not coming any time […]
Amid concerns of a global economic slowdown, Canadian pension plans experienced significant losses on both sides of the balance sheet in the third quarter of 2011, according to the Mercer Pension Health Index. The index measures the ratio of assets to liabilities for a model pension plan. It stood at 60% on Sept. 30, down […]
Sun Life Global Investments has added three mutual funds to its product offering, promising greater access to world-class asset managers and more choice to Canadian investors. SLGI emphasizes the managers, highlighting them in the names of the funds: the Sun Life Beutel Goodman Canadian Bond Fund; Sun Life McLean Budden Monthly Income Fund; and the […]
Northern Trust has said that Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the U.S. Treasury debt will not affect the firm’s view of the U.S. bond market. Bob Browne, Northern Trust’s chief investment officer, said the downgrade was unlikely to influence the firm’s position on risk assets globally. He noted that Northern Trust has no plans […]
What’s the next big trend in fixed income (FI) investing? “The big issue for bonds right now,” says Dave Makarchuk, a partner with Mercer who leads the investment consulting business for Western Canada, “is that many plan sponsors believe rates will rise soon, so they’re tending to put off investing more in longer-duration bonds. However, […]
Market cap isn't the right measure anymore.
And the drawdown can last decades.