global diversification – 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 AIMCo opening first Asia office in Singapore, remains leery of China https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/emerging-global-markets-canadian-investment-review/aimco-opening-first-asia-office-in-singapore-remains-leery-of-china/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:00:43 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143386 The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is opening its first Asian office, but the Edmonton-based investment organization says it will steer well clear of China to focus instead on markets with less geopolitical risk. The official opening of the AIMCo’s new Singapore office marks the first foray into the Asia-Pacific region for one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, with $158 billion of assets under management as of 2022. Evan Siddall, chief executive officer of the AIMCo, […]

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]]> 2022 GIC coverage: Institutional investors seeking better risk-adjusted returns should turn to emerging market debt https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/fixed-income/2022-gic-coverage-institutional-investors-seeking-better-risk-adjusted-returns-should-turn-to-emerging-market-debt/ Mon, 30 May 2022 12:50:45 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=120523 Canadian institutional investors should have a strategic allocation to emerging market debt, Ward Brown, fixed income portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management, explained during his session. EM debt has two of the key characteristics needed for a strategic allocation. First, it is a good diversifier because it has low correlations with other assets commonly found […]

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]]> Is International Diversification Disappearing? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/is-international-diversification-disappearing/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/is-international-diversification-disappearing/#respond Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:16:52 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/is-international-diversification-disappearing/ And is correlation is a satisfactory measure of dependence in international markets?

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