The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan returned 1.6 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease from 5.1 per cent in the previous quarter, according to a new report by RBC Investor Services. It found Canadian DB plans closed the year with the strongest yearly median return in five years at 11.3 […]
On Dec. 6, 2024, leaders from Canada’s defined benefit pension plan sponsor community, alongside thought leaders and investment experts, came together at the Omni King Edward Hotel in Toronto to shed light on 2024’s challenging economic landscape and make informed predictions about the hurdles and opportunities ahead. Find out what you missed! Canadian economy on high alert for impact […]
Despite the turbulent environment shaped by the coronavirus pandemic, aggressive interest rate hikes and liquidity issues, institutional investors taking a long-term perspective can uncover strong opportunities in the real estate market. Speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Defined Benefit Investment Forum, Alexandra Katz, managing partner and head of institutional sales at Hazelview Investments, highlighted […]
Taking an institutional toolbox to the typically retail closed-end fund market is providing institutional investors with an entry point into an obscure asset, according to Scott Eldridge, senior portfolio manager of closed-end fund strategies at Allspring Global Investments. During a session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Defined Benefit Investment Forum, he noted the low […]
The Chinese government is trying to encourage people to spend more by ensuring that share prices will rise, ordering pensions and mutual funds to invest more in domestic stocks to help jolt its languid markets out of the doldrums. Officials told reporters that beginning this year, mutual funds should increase holdings of onshore stocks, called […]
The funded ratio of the average Canadian defined benefit pension plan grew by two per cent during the fourth quarter of 2024 and 12 per cent since the start of the year to 129 per cent, according to a new report by Normandin Beaudry. It found the average solvency ratio of Canadian pension plans was […]
Dutch civil worker pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP is selling its entire stake in Tesla Inc., according to a report by Business Insider. The investment organization sold 2.8 million shares in the electric vehicle manufacturer last September. A separate report by Bloomberg indicated ABP’s Tesla stake was valued at approximately US$585 million. Read: Shareholders approve […]
The performance of global real estate investment trusts was halved to 4.6 per cent in 2024, largely attributed to tentative discourse by the U.S. Federal Reserve on the direction of interest rate cut policy, according to a new report from Hazelview Investments. It found the continued demand for senior housing in North America and the […]
In the search for market-beating returns, institutional investors are facing a shifting geopolitical landscape, ongoing questions about monetary policy and the impact of climate change. At the 2024 Investment Innovation Conference on Nov. 12-14 in Vancouver, B.C., leading academics and industry figures reckoned with the aftermath of the highly anticipated U.S. presidential election and provided […]
When investment managers combine the inside view with the outside view, they make better decisions when it comes to choosing equities, according to Peter Stournaras, head of the integrated equity group at T. Rowe Price Group Inc., during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2024 Investment Innovation Conference. “The combination of the two is better than either individually,” he […]
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