stress test – 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 Coronavirus, capital calls and liquidity in private market investments https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/coronavirus-capital-calls-and-liquidity-in-private-market-investments/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/coronavirus-capital-calls-and-liquidity-in-private-market-investments/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:12:45 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/coronavirus-capital-calls-and-liquidity-in-private-market-investments/ In the current market environment, liquidity is top of mind for pension plans, says Jason Campbell, principal at Eckler Ltd. For example, despite a company’s potential work stoppages, it’s still responsible for benefit payments, as well as paying capital calls on investments as they come due. Some firms in the private markets space are trying […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/coronavirus-capital-calls-and-liquidity-in-private-market-investments/feed/ 0 Know what you own: managing the pitfalls of cyclicality https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/know-what-you-own-managing-the-pitfalls-of-cyclicality/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/know-what-you-own-managing-the-pitfalls-of-cyclicality/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2019 06:01:11 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/know-what-you-own-managing-the-pitfalls-of-cyclicality/ The current U.S. economic expansion has just become the longest on record. This period of uninterrupted growth has driven strong market performance over the past decade but increased risks to investors. Aside from the complacency engendered by fading memories of the prior downturn, it actually gets more challenging to assess companies’ cyclical vulnerability when they […]

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