While the 2008 financial crisis left many pension plans questioning their investment strategies, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) began that process before the markets fell.
Russell Investments has released its 2012 Global Outlook, predicting that global deleveraging will continue into the coming year.
Canada’s CAP suppliers had a pretty good year in 2010. Overall, the Top 10 CAP Providers showed double-digit growth (up 16.1% from 2010), as did the Top 10 DC Plan Providers (up 15.9%), the Top 10 Group RRSP Providers (up 15.8%), and the Top 10 DPSP Providers (up 16.2%).
Economic volatility is causing many U.S. plan sponsors to worry about the sustainability of their plans, reports Mercer.
The number of pension plans adopting liability-driven investing (LDI) strategies has increased significantly since last year, reports SEI. According to SEI’s Global Quick Poll, which surveyed pension executives from the U.S., Canada, Netherlands and U.K., 63% of respondents said they now employ an LDI investment approach.
We asked four plan sponsors for their views on the investment management industry. Here’s what they had to say.
While volatility is an ordinary, and expected, part of financial markets, its latest incarnation has been extraordinary.
Morneau Shepell Ltd. has developed a risk management portfolio, designed to reduce volatility for pension plans.
Market Evidence on Systematic Risk Versus Mispricing
Stay the course and remain calm. That’s the message from the Portfolio Management Association of Canada’s membership on how to best cope with current market volatility and global economic troubles.