liquidity management – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:16:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 The Calgary Foundation using alternatives to push beyond its comfort zone https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/the-calgary-foundation-using-alternatives-to-push-beyond-its-comfort-zone/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:54:17 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=162534 In the years following the 2008/09 financial crisis, Dan Langlois realized the allocation strategy for the Calgary Foundation’s endowment portfolio needed a significant adjustment if it planned to meet its annual funding goals. “I knew we needed to do something in terms of increasing the return in the portfolio to preserve the corpus or the […]

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]]> 2024 Risk Management Conference: Managing unintended investment risks goes beyond simply reviewing allocation strategies https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2024-risk-management-conference-managing-unintended-investment-risks-goes-beyond-simply-reviewing-allocation-strategies/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:58:48 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=160648 The risk associated with high-profile name concentration in technology equities is pushing institutional investors to consider risk-mitigating strategies, according to Nick Zylkowski, managing director and co-head of customized portfolio solutions at Russell Investments Ltd., speaking during a session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Risk Management Conference. He noted investors are reviewing their exposure to […]

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]]> Institutional investors’ demand for insurance-linked securities pushing transaction volumes to new highs: experts https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/institutional-investors-demand-for-insurance-linked-securities-pushing-transaction-volumes-to-new-highs-report/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:00:25 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=160052 An acceleration of significant weather events are impacting the risk premium earned from insurance-linked securities, providing a significant inflation hedge for institutional investors, says Bernard Van der Stichele, senior portfolio manager of insurance-linked securities at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan. “ILS investments earn a risk premium that is directly proportional to the level of risk […]

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]]> Liquidity status guiding Canadian pension funds through near-term market volatility: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/liquidity-status-guiding-canadian-pension-funds-through-near-term-market-volatility-report/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:00:31 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=158359 Liquidity status is helping some of Canada’s biggest pension funds meet the challenges of a volatile investment market thanks to exceptional liquidity status, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings Inc. The report, which compared the credit ratings and portfolios of seven of the largest Canadian pension funds with approximately $2.1 trillion in net […]

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]]> 2023 Investment Innovation Conference: ETFs playing larger role in institutional investors’ active strategies https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-investment-innovation-conference-etfs-playing-larger-role-in-institutional-investors-active-strategies/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:58:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=148331 Over the last year, the volatile interest rate period has increased demand for fixed income exchange-traded funds among institutional investors, said Robert Forsyth, head of SPDR ETF strategy and research at State Street Global Advisors, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference in November. “Institutional investors were using ETFs to gain really quick access […]

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]]> 2023 GIC coverage: Overcoming liquidity challenges in private market allocations https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-gic-coverage-overcoming-liquidity-challenges-in-private-market-allocations/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:53:30 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=138912 “Investing in private markets comes with its fair share of challenges,” said Rémi Tétreault, director of client solutions at Trans-Canada Capital Inc., during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2023 Global Investment Conference. “There’s operational complexity, capital calls and distributions. You’ve got the selection of the right general partners . . . and there’s the challenge of […]

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]]> CPPIB appointing Maximilian Biagosch as senior managing director, global head of real assets https://www.benefitscanada.com/notice/appointment-notice/cppib-appointing-maximilian-biagosch-as-senior-managing-director-global-head-of-real-assets/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:00:43 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=134279 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is appointing Maximilian Biagosch as senior managing director and global head of real assets. Biagosch joined the CPPIB in 2015 and most recently served as senior managing director and head of Europe and direct private equity. In his new role, he’ll continue to serve as the CPPIB’s head of […]

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]]> PIAC calls for going-concern plus regime, VPLAs, PRPP framework in pre-budget submission https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/governance-law/piac-calls-for-going-concern-plus-regime-vplas-prpp-framework-in-pre-budget-submission/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:00:18 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=133932 The Pension and Investment Association of Canada is calling on the federal government to establish a going-concern plus regime as a long-term minimum funding requirement for federally regulated defined benefit pension plans. In its pre-budget submission to Finance Canada, the PIAC said it believes the Canadian government should set a uniform funding requirement for all provinces […]

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]]> New research finds asset owners largely satisfied with pandemic performance https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/les-marton/new-research-finds-asset-owners-largely-satisfied-with-pandemic-performance/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/les-marton/new-research-finds-asset-owners-largely-satisfied-with-pandemic-performance/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2020 03:43:58 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/new-research-finds-asset-owners-largely-satisfied-with-pandemic-performance/ The vast majority of investors (82 per cent) are satisfied with how their portfolios performed in the first half of 2020, despite some weak results in strategies such as emerging market debt and smart beta, according to a new study of 368 investors with combined assets of approximately US$11 trillion. Following the quickest equity market […]

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