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.
Jim Leech, president and CEO of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has been named among the best of the best, according to Britain’s Telegraph newspaper.
DC plan sponsors also need to find innovative ways to communicate investment information as well as new strategies to help members balance risk and reward.
With barely three days to go—two if you're in Australia—before 2011 is consigned to the dustbin of history, investment experts the world over furiously fashioning forecasts.
Russell Investments has released its 2012 Global Outlook, predicting that global deleveraging will continue into the coming year.
At Legg Mason Canada’s Global Investment Forum luncheon in Toronto on Monday, Patrick Kaser, managing director and portfolio manager with Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC, said investors are motivated by one of two factors: fear or greed. Guess which one is keeping investors from investing in U.S. equities?
The non-stop rollercoaster ride of 2011 has done little to erode the undying optimism of Canadian money managers who are betting on 2012 being a good year for investment returns.
As the volatile and stressful year of 2011 draws to a close, it is time to take stock of our portfolios and consider some of the risks embedded in them.
The uneven global economic recovery will continue to create a two-speed world where emerging economies will persistently outpace those in the developed world.
Stay the course and remain calm. That’s the message from the Portfolio Management Association of Canada’s membership on how to best cope with current market volatility and global economic troubles.
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