developed markets – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:16:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 CPPIB returns 8% in latest fiscal year, net assets increase to $632BN https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/cppib-returns-8-in-latest-fiscal-year-net-assets-increase-to-632bn/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:00:05 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=159268 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board reported an eight per cent return in its fiscal year ending March 31, but significantly underperformed the 19.9 per cent return of its reference portfolio. The reference portfolio, made of 85 per cent global equity and 15 per cent Canadian bonds, benefited last year from stock price surges in the […]

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]]> 2024 Global Investment Conference: How institutional investors are navigating developed, emerging market trends https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2024-global-investment-conference-how-db-pension-plans-are-monitoring-emerging-markets-progress/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:48:03 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=156218 During a panel at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Global Investment Conference in April, three key thought leaders representing defined benefit pension plan sponsors shared their views on investment trends and challenges in developed and emerging markets. Investing in emerging markets brings a slate of challenges for investors, said Jean-Christophe Lermusiaux, (pictured centre) managing director of […]

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]]> Ontario Teachers’ focusing on board diversity in proxy voting guidelines https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/ontario-teachers-focusing-on-board-diversity-in-proxy-voting-guidelines/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:00:39 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=132962 The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is setting higher expectations for increased participation of women in board roles at large-cap companies in 2023. The pension fund’s proxy voting guidelines advocate for large-cap companies on developed market indices to increase the number of women directors on their boards to a minimum of 40 per cent, up from […]

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]]> How to gain EM exposure through developed market stocks https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/how-to-gain-em-exposure-through-developed-market-stocks/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/public-equities/how-to-gain-em-exposure-through-developed-market-stocks/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2019 05:16:44 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-to-gain-em-exposure-through-developed-market-stocks/ Direct exposure to emerging market equities may not be the best way to capture the growth potential of those economies. Instead, investors looking for the advantages of emerging market exposure should consider achieving it through holding companies based in developed economies that do business with emerging markets, according to a paper by Joon Woo Bae, […]

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