In times of turmoil, style and market cap approaches don't hold up.
Canadian equities let pension funds down in Q2
Coverage of the Benefits Canada Benefits and Pensions Summit.
The 2012 Risk Management Conference (August 21-23 in Muskoka, Ontario) will see the return of Jeffrey Scott, the former chief investment officer at Alaska Permanent Fund who first presented at our Global Investment Conference in 2011.
In the current economic climate, institutional investors are cautious and want alternative investment options, says a survey by Russell Investments.
Research from U.K.-based Pension Corporation shows that trustees of the country’s DB pension funds could receive more than £100 billion in deficit reduction payments from their corporate sponsors over the next three years, or 13% of U.K. corporate cash holdings.
How can investors achieve returns in a sideways market? At Legg Mason’s Global Investment Forum on May 1, 2012, Steven Bleiberg, president and CEO of Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation, provided a brief economic overview and suggested strategies for institutional investors.
Factor-based portfolios that rely on Barra factors like momentum, value, growth and volatility don’t always cut it in Canadian markets, according to research by Pyramis Global Markets.
As institutional funds continue to be battered by volatile equity markets and low interest rates, more boards and investment committees are considering investment delegation, also called investment outsourcing, a Mercer survey has found.
What does the “new world order” mean for individual investors? Colin Ripsman, vice-president with Phillips, Hager & North, delved into that question at the firm’s trustee education seminar last week in Toronto.