swaps – 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 AIMCo board completes volatility trading strategy review https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/aimco-board-makes-recommendation-following-volatility-strategy-review/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/aimco-board-makes-recommendation-following-volatility-strategy-review/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2020 05:23:19 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/aimco-board-makes-recommendation-following-volatility-strategy-review/ The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s board of directors has completed its review of a volatility trading strategy, known as VOLTS, that resulted in $2.1 billion in losses in the wake of the coronavirus crash. While the strategy would have been expected to generate some losses in periods of market volatility, the losses were far greater […]

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