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2023 Risk Management Conference: Interest rate lessons from the CBC Pension Plan’s LDI strategy

bmcgovern — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:47:11 +0000

Defined benefit pension plan sponsors must consider the downsides of using a liability-driven investment strategy, particularly the role of interest rates, said Duncan Burrill, managing director and chief executive officer of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Pension Plan, during a session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Risk Management Conference. However, he also noted the pension fund’s LDI […]

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Back to basics on gold

Jennifer Paterson — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:53:28 +0000

At the beginning of 2020, the OPSEU Pension Trust upped its gold allocation to close to six per cent of its total fund after a comprehensive portfolio assessment. The decision paid off. In an environment of historically low interest rates and coronavirus-related market uncertainty, the commodity’s price skyrocketed to reach an all-time high of US$2,000 […]

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2019 Top 40 Money Managers Report: How plan sponsors are hedging portfolio exposure in their own sectors

mschmit — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:02:14 +0000

Canada’s economy is famously reliant on its rich natural resources, with a heaping helping of financial service providers thrown in for good measure. But when oil companies, mining outfits or Canadian banks are deciding how to invest the capital in their pension funds, does it make sense to steer clear of exposures that directly correlate […]

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Short-Term Waves, Long-Term Tides

mschmit — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 04:06:35 +0000

Managing volatility across time horizons.

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Man Group Assets Down

mschmit — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:38:38 +0000

As the hedge fund industry continues its recovery, the world's largest hedge fund firm reported that its assets are down again this year.

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