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2024 Global Investment Conference: Institutional investors finding opportunity in Japan’s equity market resurgence

lbailey — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:52:42 +0000

Japan’s equity market is a growth jurisdiction once again, said Olga Bitel, partner and global strategist at William Blair, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2024 Global Investment Conference held in April. While this is very much early days for Japan, there are three opportunities on the horizon for its equity market: an expansion; substantial and […]

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Canadian DB pension plans return -6.4% during heightened volatility in Q1: report

Jennifer Paterson — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:00:37 +0000

The median Canadian defined benefit pension plan experienced a pullback in investment returns during the first quarter of 2022, returning negative 6.4 per cent as markets entered a heightened period of uncertainty, according to a new report by Northern Trust Canada. The report, which tracks the performance of Canadian DB plans that subscribe to Northern […]

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Domestic equities boost median DB pension returns to 8.9% in 2021: report

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:00:22 +0000

The strong performance of domestic equites in the last months of 2021 helped Canadian defined benefit pension plans secure median annual returns of 8.9 per cent, according to a new report by RBC Investor and Treasury Services. During the year, Canadian DB plans performed best during the second and fourth quarters, with median asset growth […]

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UTAM pension portfolio sees 13% return for 2019

mschmit — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 05:43:09 +0000

The University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. has earned a 13 per cent return on its pension portfolio for 2019, and a 12.9 per cent return on its endowment portfolio, net of all fees and expenses. While the 2019 results were strong, and beat the university’s target return of 6.2 per cent, they lagged the […]

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How does investing in Poland look from the top-down and bottom-up?

mschmit — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:45:36 +0000

After years of dramatic post-Soviet growth, Poland is a major contender within the global marketplace. Yet, it’s a mixed bag for institutional investors, who are finding both opportunities and limitations in the market. The country is holding up well in an increasingly challenging global environment where other economies are seeing growth slow, said Rachel Van […]

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Canadian DB plans maintain solvency in Q2

mschmit — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 05:20:20 +0000

Canadian defined benefit pension plans maintained their solvency levels through the second quarter of 2019, according to Mercer’s latest pension health index. The index, which represents the solvency ratio of a hypothetical plan, reached 106 per cent as of June 30, 2019, an increase from 102 per cent at the year’s outset. The current solvency […]

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A-shares’ behavioural problem

mschmit — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:11:44 +0000

How to stay ahead of the curve in the evolving Chinese equity market.

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Trends in Emerging Markets, From ETFs to Trump

mschmit — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:24:45 +0000

Fidelity’s Alex Duffy on opportunities in emerging markets.

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