inflation risk – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:24:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 2024 DC Investment Forum: Addressing inflation risk through DC plan members’ working lives https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/2024-dc-investment-forum-addressing-inflation-risk-through-dc-plan-members-working-lives/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:52:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=162027 The rapid rise in the cost of living in 2022 and into 2023 underscored the need for target-date funds to not just protect against standard inflation, but inflation shocks as well. The problem that presents is the more inflation protection that’s added into a portfolio, the lower the returns, said Nick Nefouse, managing director, global […]

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]]> Global REITs expected to outperform in 2024 due to lack of supply, resilient corporate valuations: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/global-reits-expected-to-outperform-in-2024-due-to-lack-of-supply-resilient-corporate-valuations-report/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:00:46 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150323 After two years of underperformance, global real estate investment trusts are expected to outperform in 2024 due to a decline of supply and resilient corporate valuations, according to a new report from Hazelview Investments. It found global REITs saw a turnaround rally of 18.9 per cent over the last two months of 2023, leading the […]

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]]> 2023 Risk Management Conference: Public real estate markets offer significant upside during high inflation https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-risk-management-conference-public-real-estate-markets-offer-significant-upside-during-high-inflation/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:57:47 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143479 The underlying conservatism of public real estate investment markets can provide an inflation-proof cushion for institutional investors in uncertain times, said Corrado Russo, managing partner and head of global securities at Hazelview Investments, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Risk Management Conference. Indeed, with debt levels of only 32 per cent, public markets are more conservatively […]

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]]> Average DB pension plan returns -3.8% in September: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/average-db-pension-plan-returns-3-8-in-september-report/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:00:27 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=145420 The funded position of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan increased on a solvency and an accounting basis as of Sept. 30, according to a new report by Telus Health. The monthly index, which demonstrates changes in asset levels for an average pension plan since the beginning of the year, found the average solvency […]

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]]> 2022 CAP Member Survey: Perceptions of CAPs against a changing economic landscape https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/2022-cap-member-survey-perceptions-of-caps-against-a-changing-economic-landscape/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:56:32 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=126574 After a tough couple of years, Canadians continue to face several challenges against an increasingly turbulent economic landscape. While most coronavirus restrictions were lifted in late spring 2022, the seventh wave of the pandemic arrived in July alongside rising inflation, which is compounding prices from the gas pump to the grocery store. Though the 2022 […]

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]]> 2022 GIC coverage: A look at diversification opportunities as inflation rises https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/2022-gic-coverage-a-look-at-diversification-opportunities-as-inflation-rises/ Mon, 30 May 2022 12:58:25 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=120823 King Midas’ gold-heavy investment portfolio wasn’t built for long-term growth, rather as an effective hedge against long-term inflation. “The 150-year real return of gold has been plus 0.2 per cent, so it’s not a very attractive asset from a long-term perspective,” said Inigo Fraser-Jenkins, co-head of institutional solutions at AllianceBernstein, during a session at the […]

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]]> The failure of risk models https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/the-failure-of-risk-models/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/the-failure-of-risk-models/#respond Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:17:23 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-failure-of-risk-models/ Coverage of the 2017 Risk Management Conference.

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/the-failure-of-risk-models/feed/ 0 Inflation Risk – Why It’s Time To Hedge https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/dave-lawson/inflation-risk-why-its-time-to-hedge/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/dave-lawson/inflation-risk-why-its-time-to-hedge/#respond Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:53:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/inflation-risk-why-its-time-to-hedge/ And why it's not time to worry about interest rate risk.

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