Brendan George

Pension plan sponsors weigh alternatives

Canadian pension plan sponsors face a scary investment environment: low bond yields and flat, overly volatile equity markets. Where to invest? T-bills offer the best diversification benefits, but a 1% annual return can’t fund a reasonable pension plan. Time, then, to consider alternative asset classes.

  • December 20, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 11:19

A decade of work

The current investment environment is scary for Canadian pension plan sponsors: low bond yields and flat equity markets with too much volatility. Where do they invest? The asset class with the best diversification benefits is T-bills, but no one can fund a reasonable pension plan on a 1% annual return. Canadian plan sponsors, then, have been forced to consider alternative asset classes.

  • December 6, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 10:36