secondaries – 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 How has coronavirus impacted private equity markets? https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/how-has-coronavirus-impacted-private-equity-markets/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/how-has-coronavirus-impacted-private-equity-markets/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:14:13 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-has-coronavirus-impacted-private-equity-markets/ The private equity market was on a hot streak coming into 2020 and despite the economic wreckage caused by the coronavirus, fundraising has generally held up, said Jamie Becker, counsel for private equity and pension fund investments at Torys LLP, when speaking at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2020 Global Investment Conference in September. “There was […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/how-has-coronavirus-impacted-private-equity-markets/feed/ 0 Commercial litigation finance demand fuelled by coronavirus https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/investments-other/commercial-litigation-finance-demand-fuelled-by-coronavirus/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/investments-other/commercial-litigation-finance-demand-fuelled-by-coronavirus/#respond Thu, 28 May 2020 03:16:39 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/commercial-litigation-finance-demand-fuelled-by-coronavirus/ In legal circles, it has always been thought that crises breed litigation. And while that appears to be the case in the current crisis, it may not have been the case in the global financial crisis of 2008/9, as pointed out in a recent article by Eric Blinderman, the chief executive officer for the U.S. […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/investments-other/commercial-litigation-finance-demand-fuelled-by-coronavirus/feed/ 0 Accessing alternatives through the secondary market https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/how-to-gain-exposure-to-alternatives-through-the-secondaries-market-2/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/how-to-gain-exposure-to-alternatives-through-the-secondaries-market-2/#respond Mon, 06 May 2019 10:42:41 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-to-gain-exposure-to-alternatives-through-the-secondaries-market-2/ Current economic factors like low bond yields, which make it quite difficult for pension plans to meet their long-term return requirements, are driving institutional investors to allocate more to alternatives, according to Jason Campbell, a principal at Eckler Ltd. “Growth in alternatives has been steady and quite significant,” he said during a Canadian Investment Review webinar on May 2. […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/how-to-gain-exposure-to-alternatives-through-the-secondaries-market-2/feed/ 0 Local lessons: a Texas plan’s outlook on investments https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/local-lessons-a-texas-plan-sponsors-outlook-on-investments/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/local-lessons-a-texas-plan-sponsors-outlook-on-investments/#respond Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:51:01 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/local-lessons-a-texas-plan-sponsors-outlook-on-investments/ In a market environment where finding returns is tough, the Employees Retirement System of Texas turned to emerging markets and alternatives to provide the pension promise, said Sharmila Kassam, deputy chief investment officer at the Employees Retirement System of Texas. The Employees Retirement System of Texas is a state pension plan that serves more than […]

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