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Interest rate cut boosts returns from short-term government bonds, credit: report

bmcgovern — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:00:42 +0000

Returns from short-term Government of Canada bonds and credit are rising due to the easing of interest rates by the Bank of Canada last month, according to a new report from FTSE Russell. It noted while Canadian government bonds across all maturities rallied, the gains didn’t erase overall losses in the second quarter, except for […]

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ETF assets held by institutional investors reach US$56 billion in 2023: report

bmcgovern — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:00:10 +0000

Institutional investors in North America owned US$56 billion worth of exchange-traded fund assets at the end of 2023, a 22 per cent increase year over year, according to a new report by S&P Global. The report, based on financial disclosures from U.S. and Canadian pension funds, endowments and foundations and sovereign wealth funds, found the […]

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2021 GIC coverage: How institutional investors can use fixed income amid low yields

bwolfe — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:55:31 +0000

Despite the low-yield environment, fixed income continues to play an important role for institutional investors looking to make their portfolios work harder in a risk-controlled fashion, said Jeffrey Moore, a portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments Inc., during a session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2021 Global Investment Conference. “For the bond market to hurt, there needs […]

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A coronavirus game plan for defined benefit pension plans

mschmit — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:23:49 +0000

The novel coronavirus has introduced unprecedented volatility to financial markets and is taking its toll on pension plans. We’ve seen sharp corrections in most equity markets. At its lowest point in the correction to date, the S&P 500 lost 34 per cent of its value, from its peak in February. The TSX, which has also […]

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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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Pensions love their junk, but ETFs could surprise

mschmit — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:31:37 +0000

Redemptions could drive selling in underlying bonds.

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Are ETFs rattling the junk market?

mschmit — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:12:13 +0000

Plunging high yield ETFs point to problems.

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