According to a 2011 Greenwich Associates survey of Canadian institutional investors, the most important issue investors face is market volatility (47%), followed by rate of return and funding issues (34%).
How can institutional investors make sense of the structural shifts in the global economy? Eric Lascelles, RBC Global Asset Management’s chief economist, gave pension plan trustees an overview of the shifts—both short and long term—at the Phillips, Hager & North Trustee Education Seminar 2012 last week at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto.
Pension standards legislation in Canada allows an employer to act as the administrator of its single employer pension plan. However, as a plan administrator, an employer must remember two points: do no harm and take no advantage, says Randy Bauslaugh, a partner in the Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation Group with McCarthy Tétrault, LLP.
First and foremost, custodians keep an investor’s assets safe and secure. But as pension plans continue to invest in more sophisticated assets—private equity, derivatives and hedge funds—custodians are no longer simply dealing with traditional stocks and bonds.
Blair Richards’ ability to build consensus and lead strong teams has been a driving factor behind the success of the Halifax Port ILA/HEA Pension Plan.
Tiff Macklem, senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, talked about the importance of completing the reform of the global financial system yesterday at the Rotman Institute for International Business Speaker Series in Toronto.
Until 2007, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) was a conventional 60/40 equities/bonds DB plan, says John Crocker, president and CEO, and winner of Benefits Canada’s Pension & Investment Lifetime Achievement award.
The CPBI kicked off the new year with its 7th annual Pension Investment Forecast, held at the Toronto Board of Trade yesterday. This year’s theme was “Venturing into Unchartered Territories.”
Dec. 31, 1999, wasn’t just any New Year’s Eve. It was the turn of the millennium. And for some, it represented the end of days.
Don Ezra says he’s fortunate not to have lived in agrarian times, because his true skill set is mental, not physical. And he admits his approach to investments is a painstakingly slow process.