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2023 GIC coverage: New market regime shining on international equities

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:56:39 +0000

“There’s a new market regime in 2023,” said Justin Thomson, chief investment officer and head of international equity at T. Rowe Price, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Global Investment Conference. “It’s characterized by higher trend inflation, rates normalization, liquidity withdrawals, de-globalization and elevated volatility.” While he said he expects these conditions will encourage equity […]

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Canadian DB pension plan assets down 8.8% in Q2: report

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:00:10 +0000

The median Canadian defined benefit pension plan’s investments declined 8.8 per cent during the second quarter of 2022, according to a new report by Northern Trust Canada. The report draws from the Northern Trust Canada universe, which tracks the performance of Canadian DB plans. It also found the median plan’s investments were down 14.5 per cent […]

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Canadian institutional investors’ losses reach 4.61% in Q1: report

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 10 May 2022 17:10:45 +0000

Canada’s institutional investors saw assets decline by 4.61 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, according to the BNY Mellon Canadian master trust universe. With respect to non-traditional asset classes, real estate delivered the highest performance, with a quarterly median return of 4.65 per cent. Among traditional asset classes, Canadian equities performed best. During the […]

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Canadian DB pension plans return -6.4% during heightened volatility in Q1: report

Jennifer Paterson — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:00:37 +0000

The median Canadian defined benefit pension plan experienced a pullback in investment returns during the first quarter of 2022, returning negative 6.4 per cent as markets entered a heightened period of uncertainty, according to a new report by Northern Trust Canada. The report, which tracks the performance of Canadian DB plans that subscribe to Northern […]

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Canadian pension returns up during Q2, buoyed by global equities: reports

Jennifer Paterson — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:15:52 +0000

As global equities overcame inflationary fears and continued an upward trend, Canadian pension plan investment returns increased during the second quarter of 2021, with the median plan returning 4.1 per cent, according to Northern Trust Canada’s pension universe. “The course of the pandemic has certainly taught us attributes about strength and adaptation, fundamentals we can […]

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UTAM pension portfolio sees 13% return for 2019

mschmit — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 05:43:09 +0000

The University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. has earned a 13 per cent return on its pension portfolio for 2019, and a 12.9 per cent return on its endowment portfolio, net of all fees and expenses. While the 2019 results were strong, and beat the university’s target return of 6.2 per cent, they lagged the […]

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